There are more revelations to the allegations that President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominee, Hannatu Musa did not attend the compulsory one-year national Youth Service programme, a criteria for appointments and employment in the nation.

The fact started emerging when nominee for executive commissioner into the board of PenCom failed to submit either her discharge certificate of certificate of exemption to the Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters, which is screening the nominees.

There are strong indications that one of the executive commissioners nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari into the Board of the National Pension Commission (PenCom) did not undergo the mandatory one-year service of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

A fortnight ago, President sought confirmation of the senate for Aisha Dahir-Umar as the Director General and Dr Oyindasola Oluremi Oni as the chairman of the Board while Hannatu Musa, Clement Akintola, Ayim Nyerere and Charles Emukowhale were nominated as executive commissioners for PenCom.

Hannatu’s woes started when a group known as the league of concern indigenes of the states in the Northwest zone, signed by Comrade Musa Argungu, petitioned the Committee headed by senator Ibrahim Shekarau that she did not possess NYSC certificate.

This development may not be unconnected to the reason the committee is yet to submit its report two weeks after the names of the nominees were transmitted to it for screening.

The stakeholders urged the Senate not to confirm any of the nominees found to have skipped the compulsory national service to avoid the scandalous scenario which led to the ouster of the former Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, for the same offence.

Argungu said “We believe that this mistake can be checkmated by your Senate Committee. As the representatives of the people, we hope that you will do justice to the people of the northwest by protecting our quarter from misuse. There are many competent people in our states including doctors and professors that can represent us well in the pencom management,”.

The NYSC Act forbids any Nigerian who skips the Service from both private and Government sector jobs in Nigeria, including being confirmed as an executive commissioner into the Board of PenCom.

Section 13 of the NYSC Act provides that eligible Nigerians who skipped service are liable to 12 months imprisonment and/or a fine of N2000. In addition, such Nigerians are not eligible for civil service and public service jobs.