THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has vowed to prosecute any Institution or prospective Corps member that engages in sharp practices in the scheme’s mobilization process.

Director-General of the Scheme, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi gave the warning at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Batch ‘A’ Pre-Mobilization Workshop in Owerr‎i, the Imo State capital.

In a statement made available to The Guardian in Abuja, Olawumi said the scheme’s experience from its e-mobilization process revealed irregularities such as registration by proxy, falsification of medical and marriage documents, provision of false information by prospective corps members to manipulate their postings as well as sharps practices by some corps Producing Institutions.

The DG also explained that the practice whereby parents request for concessional postings for their children on health or marital grounds when information regarding such were not provided during the online registration would not be accepted.

He said the theme of the workshop, “The role of Stakeholders in Sustaining the Gains of the NYSC Computerized Mobilization Process,” was chosen in view of the Scheme’s determination to sustain the gains of its e-mobilization process, which had recorded modest achievements”.
Management, he said, was open to constructive criticisms that would assist in fine-tuning its operations.

Olawumi used the occasion to ‎appeal to the Imo State Government to ensure speedy completion of the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in the state.

In his speech, the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha called on the National Youth Service Corps and other stakeholders to step up efforts towards making youths more relevant in the socio-economic affairs of the country.