The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) announced on Monday that it has invalidated the certificates of 101 individuals who were fraudulently mobilized for national service through the University of Calabar (UNICAL) during the 2021, 2022, and 2023 service years.
Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, disclosed this development, emphasizing that the action is part of ongoing efforts to maintain the integrity of the NYSC scheme. “The Management of the National Youth Service Corps hereby restates its strong commitment to ensuring that unqualified locally and foreign-trained Nigerian youths, especially those purported to have graduated from unaccredited universities, are not recognized, while only qualified individuals are issued NYSC Certificates of National Service,” Megwa stated.
Megwa further warned that the NYSC would continue to take decisive action against individuals or institutions involved in fraudulent mobilization. He urged employers and various organizations to verify the authenticity of NYSC certificates presented to them. “Members of the public, especially Corps Employers, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Corporate and Religious Organizations, Multi-National Companies, Corps Producing Institutions, and other critical stakeholders of NYSC are to take note of this advertorial for prompt action,” he added.
The NYSC also advised the public to confirm the legitimacy of NYSC certificates directly from the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Abuja to avoid engaging with or employing individuals posing as corps members. “In addition, members of the public are also enjoined to confirm from the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Abuja, the authenticity of Certificates of National Service, Exemption, and Exclusion Letters being presented for any purpose,” Megwa emphasized.
