NYSC DG has said that employers should
verify employees’ NYSC certificates — The National Youth Service Corps
on Wednesday urged employers of labour to always verify NYSC discharge
certificates presented by employees to ensure that they actually
participated in the scheme.
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The Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, said this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria forum.
Adewuyi said dubious elements in the society had taken advantage of the importance of the certificate to issued fake ones.
He said, “It is true that sometimes in the past, in the immediate past, we’ve had activities of what we call fake camps.
“But what I want us to understand is
that in the country as we have those who are good citizens we also have
those who are bad citizens.
“You all know that the NYSC discharge certificate is very key in whatever you do after graduation.
“If you want a job you must submit it. In fact it is compulsory.
“Know that no employer should employ
somebody without the NYSC discharge certificate. For those that want to
go into politics it’s also very important.
“And, because of the importance of this discharge certificate you and I know that some people will go to any length to get it.
“When they know that they are not qualified they look for alternative means.”
He, however, said that measures were in
place to stop such fraudulent activities adding that NYSC had
established a department to verify discharge certificates for employers.
He said, “I want to commend the
management of the NYSC scheme because they’ve put measures in place that
have made it very difficult if not impossible for anybody to get a
certificate from the scheme when he’s not qualified to have it.
“So when people meet this kind of brick
wall the only option left for them is to go elsewhere, form their own
camp and get whatever certificate they want to get.
“Let me cease this opportunity to tell
all employers of labour, all agencies of government, public and private
sector that the NYSC has a department for certification.
“If you are employing people, after the
recruitment, just forward all their discharge certificates to us and we
will verify them so that we know those that are genuine and those that
are fake.
“Also, I want to say that with the plan
to have an online registration in place it is one other way we are going
to eliminate the issue of fake corps members.”
Olawunmi added that the NYSC kits were
not substandard as is being suggested in some quarters but that the
scheme could only afford to give out one set of kits per person.
He said the kits got worn out on time because of constant use and not because they were of low quality.