The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has withdrawn certificates of national service from 101 graduates of the University of Calabar, Cross River State.
The action was taken after it was discovered that the affected individuals were fraudulently mobilized for service between 2021 and 2023.
Eddy Megwa, Director of Information and Public Relations for the NYSC, stated that 99 graduates and two individuals on exemption were ineligible for service, having been improperly mobilized by the university.
Megwa said “This is to inform members of the public that 99 persons and two others on exemption were fraudulently mobilised by the University of Calabar for national service during the 2021, 2022, and 2023 NYSC service years.
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“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 recognised, while only qualified persons are issued with NYSC certificates of national service.
“Arising from the above, their certificates of national service have been invalidated forthwith by the NYSC management.’’
The NYSC emphasized its commitment to maintaining the integrity of the program, ensuring that only qualified Nigerian youths, both locally and foreign-trained, are recognized and issued valid certificates. As a result, the certificates of the affected individuals have been invalidated