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Presidency hopes Adeosun’s certificate scandal will soon be proven false

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The Presidency on Monday said it hopes the certificate forgery scandal involving the finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, would soon be proven as false.

It claimed that investigations are still on after more than 60 days since online medium, Premium Times broke the story.

It however said the government would take the appropriate action immediately details of the investigations are made public.

It was reported that Adeosun skipped the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps scheme and forged a certificate that indicated she was exempted from participating.

So far, the corps’ only comment on the scandal was a short statement on July 9 saying it would investigate the claims.

On Monday, in the Presidency’s first public comment on the matter, President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, said the allegations against a key member of the administration were yet to be proven.

Mr Shehu, who was responding to allegations of corruption against top officials of the administration said ‘some persons’ were looking forward to a predetermined outcome from the allegations hence their disappointment with the government’s (in)action so far.

“The minister of information has spoken on the matter. And a process is ongoing to address the allegations. When that process is complete, Nigerians will know the outcome,” Shehu said during an interview on AIT’s Kakaaki.

“Some people want a particular outcome and because they are yet to see this outcome, they are not happy. Give it (investigation) time. There is a process ongoing,” Shehu said.

He said the Presidency would act when it has all the facts.