By Jimmy Jackson
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilised 54 illegally mobilised graduates of the University of Calabar to prevent them from receiving Certificates of National Service.
The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed, announced this in Abuja on Friday, stating that the 54 individuals were mobilised illegally and would be prosecuted accordingly.
Ahmed revealed that out of the 54, nineteen of them who initially registered online for mobilisation have been prevented from service, while four Certificates of National Service for other culprits were not produced by the scheme.
This development follows the invalidation of the certificates of 101 illegally mobilised graduates of UNICAL earlier in the week.
UNICAL’s Pro-Chancellor, Udom Ekpoudom, commended the NYSC for exposing the fraud and pledged to take disciplinary action against the staff involved in the mobilisation of fake graduates from the institution.
“The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar came here to report that she observed some names appeared on the institution’s list that 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.
“Previously, a bread seller was mobilised on the graduation list from the same institution. There are bad eggs in many places that generate matriculation numbers and courses for their candidates,” the DG said.
Ahmed noted that NYSC would intensify its collaboration with Heads of Corps Producing Institutions and relevant stakeholders in the country to stop the menace.
He added that any failure in the mobilisation process from any school falls on the integrity of the management of such an institution, stating, “Those who are responsible for imputing the data of graduates should be people of integrity.”
He called on all employers of labour in the country to verify the authenticity of Certificates of National Service being presented for job placement from the NYSC.
