National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reiterated its determination to prevent unqualified graduates from enlisting in the scheme.
It decried low quality graduates from unaccredited institutions, manipulation of data to allow part-time graduates enroll for service, as well as other unwholesome practices by some institutions within and outside the country.
The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed, stated this while delivering his remarks at the meeting of NYSC management with the registrars of institutions in Nigeria, held in Abuja.
He added that management would deal decisively with any institution or individual found culpable in such act.
The Chairman, NYSC National Governing Board, Ambassador Fatima Balla Abubakar, who was represented by a member of the board, Major General B.S. Adetoro, in her goodwill message, enjoined participants at the meeting to critically assess all steps in the mobilisation process and fashion out a formidable template that will guarantee unassailable mobilisation process.
The Director, Corps Mobilisation Department, Hajiya Isa Walida Siddique, enjoined the registrars to step up their game in the admission of qualified students.
She said: “Supervision of mobilisation of your graduates for national service, in accordance with laid down rules and procedures, equally falls under your purview.”
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Olusade Adesola, while declaring the meeting open, acknowledged that the giant strides in the FCT is attributable to selfless services of corps members deployed to serve within the capital territory.
He promised that the FCT Administration would deepen its partnership with NYSC to ensure successful implementation of the scheme’s objectives.
The meeting had, in attendance, representatives of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National University Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Federal Ministry of Education and other critical stakeholders.
