Sagay does not care about Kemi Adeosun skipping Youth Service
Renowned lawyer and chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Professor Itse Sagay has expressed his sentiments as regards the NYSC certificate forgery scandal trailing Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun.
In an interview with The Nation, Sagay described Adeosun as a “brilliant and extremely valuable member of the current government” who should not be removed based on allegations that she did not fulfill the requirements of the mandatory Youth Service Corps.
According to Sagay, “I don’t bloody care whether she did youth service or not. It’s irrelevant as far as I am concerned. I don’t believe it. I don’t see anything serious about not doing youth service. I don’t see anything serious about it. That’s my own bias, not government’s.”
If it was left to him, Adeosun would remain minister because she is “damn good” at her job.
Coming from Sagay, these statements are quite shocking and Twitter users have expressed concern:
People like Prof. Itse Sagay are the major problem of this country.
One good thing that the emergence of Muhammadu Buhari as President has done is that it has exposed the Stupidity, Hypocrisy, gullibility & gluttony inherent in many so called Activist,Professors & Elder Statesmen pic.twitter.com/bZjRfO84FJ— aderinto adedayo olu (@hadeydayaaw) August 10, 2018
Because of NYSC, people have been slaughtered, refused employment/promotion etc.
But Itse Sagay, a senior advocate of Nigeria says “Who cares about NYSC” because Kemi Adeosun involved.
Listen, these people don’t care about you. They’re all about their personal interest!— Umeh and 99 others (@UmehOMA) August 10, 2018
Sagay didn’t get that the outrage over Kemi Adosun isn’t about skipping NYSC, it’s about forgery: a crime that’s not only grave but a security risk from the head of Nigeria’s Treasury. And that he’s a Professor of Law is another realization to make one lose hope in this country.
— Gimba Kakanda (@gimbakakanda) August 10, 2018
Saraki should resign in honour but Kemi Adeosun should remain in office because she is damn good. – Itsay Sagay
Dear God please don’t let me end up shameless in my old age because of political patronage. Amen
— Babasola Kuti (@SKSolaKuti) August 10, 2018
You may have heard the Yoruba phrase ‘Alajo Somolu’ and wondered what it means…
The literal translation of ‘Alajo Somolu’ is ‘Thrift collector of Somolu’ but all our lives (as millenials), we have wondered what the story behind the term is. This Twitter user, @royzkingin came to our rescue:
Alajo Somolu is Nigeria’s most Famous Thrift collector, let me tell you about him
THREAD! https://t.co/EesDhJMqDf
— ROYZ👑 (@royzkingin) August 9, 2018
Alphaeus Taiwo Olunaike is not a name that many Nigerians are familiar with. But once you mention Baba Alajo Somolu, the eyes of millions of Nigerians will light up. Yes, they are more familiar with this nomenclature.
— ROYZ👑 (@royzkingin) August 9, 2018
He was born at a very dangerous time. A perilous period in history. It was on the 16th of September 1915 in the tiny city of Isan-Oyin (now called Isonyin), close to Ijebu-Musin and Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria.
— ROYZ👑 (@royzkingin) August 9, 2018
He sold goods, newspapers and tried his hands on many ventures. In Cameroon, one of his neighbours was a thrift collector and he gisted him about the business which immediately caught his fancy.
— ROYZ👑 (@royzkingin) August 9, 2018
Read the full thread on Twitter.
This one tweet will leave you speechless
Yes I was burnt by my bby daddy
Yes he killed my daughter
Yes he took away my career
But above all I choose 2 rise… pic.twitter.com/v0GnqVooLa— MissT burn survivor (@thembeyakhe) August 10, 2018
