JUST IN: Adeosun emerges board bank chair despite raging certificate forgery scandal

The embattled Minister of Finance, Mrs.  Kemi Adeosun has been elected chairperson of the board of the African Export-Import Bank (AFREXIMBANK) amid a raging certificate scandal.

The bank, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, has been meeting in Abuja.

Recall that an online news portal, Premium Times had last week reported that the minister forged the exemption certificate of the National Youths Service Corps, (NYSC) despite graduating at the age of 22.

Adeosun will be succeeding the outgoing chairman of the Bank and Minister of Finance of the Republic of Rwanda, Ndagijimana Uzziel. The position has a one-year tenure.

The paper also showed that the minister’s exemption certificate, which she has worked for years with, is unauthentic.

Adeosun has yet to comment on the findings, and the federal government too has kept mute.

Under the Nigerian law, certificate forgery is a criminal offence punishable by either a term of imprisonment or fine.