EXPOSED: Joi Nunieh doesn’t have NYSC certificate, Akpabio tells Reps

Posted by admin Latest Politics, Ministries, National Politics, Niger Delta, Oil Politics Tuesday, July 21st, 2020

Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh, does not havethe National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, certificate, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio disclosed on Monday.

The minister told the House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC probe that Nunieh never participated in the NYSC mandatory one year national service and that she was deemed not qualified to have occupied the position.

According to him, Nunieh did not also possess an exemption letter from the NYSC as an alternative for not serving the nation for one year.

Akpabio said the former NDDC boss was relieved of her appointment when he received a letter from the late Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari that she did not have the requisite qualifications to remain as NDDC’s acting Managing Director.

He explained that he wrote to the NYSC twice and was told twice that she never served and that she did not have the NYSC certificate or exemption letter.

Recall that Jonathan was appointed by ECOWAS as a special envoy to lead the sub-regional body’s mediation mission in Mali.

The former president who just returned from Mali is expected to facilitate dialogue with all principal stakeholders in the West African country, towards resolving the sociopolitical situation in Mali.

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