Musawa Faces Possible Sack as NYSC Reveals Next Step After Confirming She's Serving Corps Member

Hannatu Musawa, the minister of arts and culture, who is currently doing her one-year youth service, is occupying the ministerial position in breach of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Act.

According to Daily Trust reports, this was stated by Eddy Megwa, the director, press and public relations of the National Youth Service Corps.

It was gathers that Megwa confirmed that the minister had been serving for the past eight months in the Federal Capital Territory FCT.

Speaking further, Megwa explained that it was against the NYSC Act for any corps member to pick up any government appointment until the one-year service was over.

He added that Mrs Musawa was initially mobilised in 2001 for the youth service to Ebonyi state, where she had her orientation programme, but later relocated to Kaduna state to continue the programme.

According to the NYSC spokesperson, the minister absconded when she got to Kaduna and didn’t complete the programme.

Megwa, however, said the scheme would look into the issue and take action where necessary.

The minister has not released any statement since the issue of her NYSC status became public.

Musawa, in September 2020, was nominated by former President Muhammadu Buhari as a national commissioner representing the north-west geopolitical zone on the national pension commission board.

But the senate in October of the same year rejected her nomination over a report from the committee on establishment and public service matters that Musawa failed to provide her NYSC certificate or exemption letter.

When the culture minister appeared before the senate during the ministerial screening, the lawmakers did not ask her any questions regarding her NYSC certificate.

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