The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has affirmed that the Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, is still on the one-year mandatory youth service scheme.
This was said by NYSC in response to the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) asserting that Musawa is both a serving corp member and a minister.
The culture minister, according to HURIWA, has been absent from work for a while. His primary place of employment is a law firm in Abuja.
In an interview with TheCable on Thursday, the NYSC spokesman, Eddy Megwa, confirmed that the minister is a current corps member.
Megwa replied in a message, “Yes, she is a serving corp member.
Remember that Musawa and 44 other ministers were sworn in as FEC members on Monday by President Bola Tinubu.
NYSC Act
According to the NYSC Act, those who are 30 years and above are exempted from taking part in the mandatory one-year scheme.
Others who are excluded are those who have served in the armed forces of the federation or the Nigeria police force for a period of more than nine months, or a staff member of the Nigerian security organisation, the State Security Service, the National Intelligence Agency, the Defence Intelligence Service or anyone who has been conferred with any national honour.
