Minister Suggests Two-Year Service Year for NYSC Members The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reveals the education ministry suggests the exaggeration of the scheme’s duration to two years.
The NYSC, in a statement by its public relations director Caroline Embu on Saturday, spoke of its ongoing amend efforts to tackle certificate racketeering.
Olakunle Nafiu, the NYSC director-general, visited Tunji Alausa, the minister of education, in Abuja on Friday.
In 2024, a federal probe revealed that about 22,789 Nigerians were parading simulated alien standard certificates, which were then used to enrol for the NYSC scheme.
Nigeria, in 2024, initiated probes and sweeping amends to obstruct certificate rackets exploiting the system as a result.
Alausa revealed efforts are ongoing in the ministry to digitise the verification of foreign-trained graduates of Nigerian origin.
He stated the ministry and NYSC would further heighten their connection towards the breakthrough of education for national development.
Alausa praised the NYSC for digitising the mobilisation process to curb certificate racketeering.
The minister, per the NYSC, promoted for the enlargement of national service from one to two years.
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This, he reportedly revealed, would enable the expansion of the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) training programme content for corps members.
“You have done so well as an organisation. Let NYSC give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country,” Alausa informed the NYSC DG.
The NYSC DG, Olakunle Nafiu, revealed the scheme is ready to agree with policy guidelines as directed by the federal government.
“We are further trying to improve the scheme to conform with the present national needs”, he superposed.
Nafiu summoned for the establishment of a database of Nigerian youths going abroad to study for standard programmes.
He reported this would help the government have detailed records of Nigerians studying abroad and furthermore curtail counterfeit graduates.
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Published 4/5/2025