Stella Oduah never completed service - NYSC responds to senator's claim of losing her certificate

The National Youth Service Corps has said former Minister of Aviation and Senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, does not have a valid NYSC certificate.

This was conveyed in a letter that served as a response to a request made by Concerned Anambra North Peoples Democratic Party Stakeholders. The group had asked the service to validate the senator's claim of losing her NYSC certificate. 

An affidavit the senator attached to her CF001 forms which were submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission in 2019, read; 

“I Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, Christian, Adult , Nigeria Citizen, Politician of Umuoma Village, Akili, Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State do hereby make oath and depose as follows:

1. That I am the dependent of the affidavit.

2. That I am a native of Akili Ozizor in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

3. That sometime in 2010 while in transit from Akili Ozizor in Ogbaru Local Government Area to Abuja I discovered that my personal belongings were missing.

4. That the missing documents are the originals of my West African School Certificate of 1978 from Zixton Secondary School Ozubulu, First School Leaving Certificate from St. John Odoakpu Onitsha, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Certificate 1982 from St Paul’s College Lawrencevile Virginia USA, National Youth Service Corps Certificate 1983, National Identity Card, United States of America Social Security Card with the number on it.

5. That all efforts are to trace the missing documents proved abortive.

6. That I made this affidavit in good faith believing same to be true and correct and in accordance with the Oaths Act.”

However Director General of the service in response to the request, said though Oduah was mobilised for national service in 1982/83 service year and was deployed to Lagos State, she absconded after the orientation and ne