NYSC Cracks Down on Fake Graduates, Prosecutes 54
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilized 54 corps members who were improperly mobilized by the University of Calabar.
The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, announced that the individuals guilty in this regard would be subject to legal action.
Ahmed disclosed that 19 others who had registered online for mobilization had been barred from participating in the service, and four Certificates of National Service were not issued for other offenders. This adds to the previously voided 101 certificates, bringing the total to 178.
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The Director-General commended the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Florence Obi, for her transparency in alerting the NYSC about the mobilization of unqualified graduates from her institution. He said, “The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar came here to report that she observed some names appeared on the institution’s list and they ought not to have been there. She checked the list the school gave us and I told her that their certificates would be invalidated. I give kudos to the Vice-Chancellor.”
General Ahmed emphasized that the initiative would enhance its cooperation with all Heads of Corps Producing Institutions and pertinent stakeholders across the nation to combat the issue effectively.
He also remarked that any shortcomings in the mobilization efforts from any educational institution reflect on the integrity of that institution’s management. “Those who are responsible for imputing the data of graduates should be people of integrity,” General Ahmed said.
He called on all labor employers in the country to verify the authenticity of the certificates of national service being presented for job placement by the NYSC.
