The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday invalidated the certificates of 101 individuals who had previously been mobilized for service.
The affected graduates are said to have been fraudulently mobilized for national service by the University of Calabar (UNICAL) during the 2021, 2022, and 2023 service years.
This was made known by the NYSC Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa.
He added that the move is part of efforts to sanitize the system and preserve the integrity of the NYSC scheme.
Megwa noted that the NYSC would continue to take action against any individuals or institutions found to be involved in fraudulent mobilization and warned Corps Employers, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Corporate and Religious Organizations, Multi-National Companies, and Corps Producing Institutions, to verify the authenticity of certificates presented to them.
He urged members of the public to confirm the authenticity of certificates at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Abuja to avoid employing or accepting fake corps members.
“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.
“Arising from the above, the Certificates of National Service of the underlisted individuals have been invalidated immediately by the NYSC Management. Members of the public, especially Corps Employers, Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Corporate and Religious Organizations, Multi-National Companies, Corps Producing.
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“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 stated.