The Nationwide Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reiterated its zero tolerance for fraudulent practices within the mobilization of graduates for nationwide service, emphasizing its dedication to transparency, integrity, and accountability in all its operations.
The Director-Common of NYSC, Brigadier Common Olakunle Nafiu, said this in Abuja through the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Pre-Mobilization Workshop.
He famous that the Scheme stays devoted to sustaining excessive requirements of integrity within the deployment of human, technological, and materials assets used for mobilization.
Nafiu mentioned the NYSC has, through the years, earned public confidence by way of its clear mobilization course of and would proceed to strengthen its methods to maintain credibility.
He defined that the theme of the workshop, “Enhancing Knowledge Integrity for Credible Mobilization for Nationwide Service in Up to date Occasions,” was apt, contemplating the proliferation of unauthorized greater establishments throughout the nation.
The NYSC boss recognized information manipulation, identification theft, inconsistent information from Corps Producing Establishments (CPIs), weak inter-agency information linkages, cybersecurity breaches, and low information administration capability as main challenges confronting the mobilization course of.
In response to him, the actions of unapproved examine centres working below doubtful affiliations with accredited establishments stay a significant concern.
“NYSC will proceed to use sanctions wherever such unethical practices are found,” he warned. “We should take heed to the truth that the power of our mobilization system relies upon not solely on know-how, but additionally on the ethics, self-discipline, and professionalism of those that deal with it.
“Allow us to proceed to uphold the ideas of transparency, accountability, and 0 tolerance for compromise. Each Nigerian graduate who wears the NYSC uniform have to be genuinely certified and correctly verified.”
In her remarks, the Director of Corps Mobilisation, Mrs. Rachel Idaewor, described the workshop as a significant platform for collaboration among the many NYSC, Corps Producing Establishments, and different stakeholders.
She urged members to method their duties with diligence and integrity, making certain that every one uploaded information are correct and mirror the true profiles of potential corps members.
“Allow us to work collectively as a cohesive crew, drawing inspiration from previous successes and embracing the challenges that lie forward,” she mentioned.
Additionally talking, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, cautioned members in opposition to information manipulation and different unethical practices.
He disclosed that not less than 17 people, together with some JAMB officers, are presently being prosecuted by legislation enforcement companies for offences associated to admission, commencement, and mobilization for nationwide service.
Oloyede suggested Scholar Affairs Officers to all the time receive information instantly from JAMB reasonably than from college students or unreliable sources.
Equally, the Chairman and Chief Govt of the Nigeria Training Repository and Databank (NERD), Engr. Olatunji Ariyomo, pledged that the company would work carefully with stakeholders to make sure efficient implementation of its mandate as directed by the Federal Authorities.
