The revelation from the online media on the minister comes days after Kemi Adeosun resigned as Nigeria’s finance minister.
Her resignation came after the outcry that followed reports that she used a fake NYSC exemption certificate to qualify for public service.
Premium Times reports Mr. Shittu, as admitting that he did not serve, saying he believed that his first political post after graduation could suffice as national service, a claim lawyers and NYSC insiders consider as ludicrous and untenable.
Skipping the compulsory national service is an offence under the NYSC law, punishable with up to 12 months imprisonment.
Employers are mandated by law to always request NYSC certificate of national service from employees as part of the conditions for hiring.
Mr Shittu, born on March 23, 1953, studied law at Ife, graduating in 1978. He proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, qualifying as a lawyer in 1979.
Having earned a bachelors degree at the age of 25, Section 2 of the NYSC Act expects Mr Shittu to have participated in the year-long national service.
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