Assuring that the demobilised candidates would be prosecuted accordingly, Ahmed disclosed that 19 similar candidates who had 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 is in addition to the earlier 101 certificates that were recently voided by the Scheme, making a total of 178,” he said.
The D-G commended the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Florence Obi, for her forthrightness in hinting NYSC about the mobilisation of unqualified graduates from the institution.
“The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar came here to report that she observed some names appearing on the institution’s list and they ought not to have been there” Ahmed informed.
“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 D-G lamented.
Ahmed, however, said NYSC would leave no stone unturned in efforts to sanitize its mobilisation process, adding that the scheme would intensify its collaboration with all the Heads of Corps Producing Institutions and relevant stakeholders in the country in order to stop the menace.
According to him, any failure in the mobilisation process from any school falls on the integrity of the management of such an institution.
“Those who are responsible for imputing the data of graduates should be people of integrity,” he said, calling on employers of labour to verify the authenticity of certificates of national service being presented for job placement from the NYSC. (NAN)
