The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday lamented the incessant presentation of fake academic credentials and attempt to smuggle names of unqualified persons into the mobilization list.
The Director-General of the Corps, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, made this known during the 2019 Batch ‘C’ Pre-mobilisation Workshop in Minna, Niger State.
The workshop has its theme as “Promoting Integrity in the NYSC Mobilisation Process, the Role of Stakeholders”.
He said, “It had been discovered that names of unqualified persons are included in the Senate/Academic Board approved list uploaded on the NYSC registration portal by some corps producing institutions.
“This is very worrisome as it amount to betrayal of trust or gross negligence which will not be tolerated.”
Speaking on the action the NYSC has taken to address the issue, he disclosed that the scheme apprehended about 95 fake students from one of the Nigerian university and West African universities with fake documents during the last batch of corps members.
He noted that the NYSC acts prescribed a four years jail term for presentation of fake credentials for mobilization.
He added that “Very soon, we will mobilise prospective corps members. I want to appeal to persons with intention to present fake certificates not to show up.”
