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Nigerian accountant, investment banker and politician

Kemi Adeosun (born 9 March ) is the former Finance Minister of Nigeria and former chairman of the Board of African Export–Import Bank (AfreximBank).^[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Adeosun Kemi was born on 9 March in London,^[6]England to Nigerian parents, both who hail from Ogun State.^[7] Her father was government civil Engineer and she was the third child of her father out of four children.

Adeosun Kemi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from a public university locate in Borough, Newham, London called the University of East London and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Financial Management from the University of London and also attended various Executive Management programmes for her professional career courses such as Leadership training at the prestigious Whartin Business school and she also attended Institute of Chartered Accountant of England and Whare in , which make her qualified as a Chartered Accountant^{[8][9][10][11]}

Career

Kemi Adeosun began her career as an accounting assistant at British Telecom, London, from till , after which she moved to Goodman Jones, London, working as a senior audit officer from till Kemi then became the manager of Internal Audit at London Underground, London and Prism Consulting from till before joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, London as Senior Manager from till In , She became financial controller at Chapel Hill Denham Management and subsequently, managing director in After working with Quo Vadis Partnership as managing director from to , she was then appointed Ogun State's Commissioner of Finance Kemi maintained this role from to She was a key part of Governor Ibikunle Amosun's Mission to Build, which turned around economic fortunes of the state.^[12]

In November , Adeosun Kemi was appointed Nigeria's Minister of Finance by President Muhammadu Buhari.^[13] During the annual general meeting of Afreximbank in Abuja to commemorate its 25th anniversary, Adeosun was elected chairman of the board of the bank.

Kemi Adeosun succeeded the outgoing chairman Ndagijimana Uzziel, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Rwanda.^[14]

NYSC certificate scandal

On 7 July , Nigerian online newspaper Premium Times alleged that Kemi Adeosun had illegally obtained her NYSC exemption certificate to get into public office.

On 9 July, NYSC Director of Press and Public relations Adeyemi Adenike released a statement that confirmed that Adeosun legitimately submitted a request for an exemption certificate, but also stated that investigations were still ongoing to verify the approval of the exemption certificate.^[15][16] On 14 September , Adeosun resigned as Minister of Finance in a written letter to the President due to the alleged NYSC Certificate forgery scandal.^{[17][18][19][20]}

On 7 July , the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court cleared Adeosun, holding that, as a British citizen, she had not been qualified to take part in the NYSC as at the time she graduated at the age of 22 and that when she returned to the country and became a Nigerian citizen aged over 30 she was not eligible for youth service.^[21]

Political association

After officially being non-partisan throughout her career, Kemi Adeosun joined Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), on 5 May ^[22]

Other activities

Professional memberships

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