NYSC DG to Employers: Don’t Employ Graduates Without Our Certificate
- The NYSC certificate or exemption certificate should be a key criterion in employing graduates according to the director-general of the scheme
- According to him, it is the duty of all employers to demand the youth corps certificate before any employment
- Also, to prevent fraud, the DG told employers that they can also present their employees NYSC certificate for authentification
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A message has been sent to employers by the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim.
The message is simple: Don't employ ex-corps members who do not present an authentic NYSC certificate or exemption certificate, Daily Trust reports.
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According to him, it is the duty of every employer to demand from any graduate a certificate of national service or exemption certificate.
Going further, he advised employers to present the NYSC certificates of their existing employees to the scheme for authentication if need be, The Cable added.
In another report, the Kwara state High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a member of the National Youth Service Corps serving in Ibadan, Oyo state, Caleb Oyeyem, to two years imprisonment over a love scam.
The judgment was pronounced by Justice Adenike Akinpelu after the court found Oyeyemi guilty on two counts of scam filed against him the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The court sentenced the corps member to one-year imprisonment on each of the counts, which are to run concurrently. The judge, however, gave him an option of N200, 000 fine on each count.
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House of Reps drops plan to scrap NYSC Scheme
Meanwhile, amid mixed reactions over the proposed scrapping of the NYSC, the House of Representatives has finally dropped the idea.
The chairman of the committee on youth development, Yemi Adaramodu, on Thursday, June 10, gave assurance that the NYSC scheme would not be scrapped.
Legit.ng gathered that Adaramodu gave the assurance at the unveiling of nine books on NYSC and a maiden NYSC film to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the scheme in Abuja.
Corps member buys food items for the school of the blind
Meanwhile, a lady, Olabisi Olaseni, has used her one-year compulsory programme in Ondo to show an act of selfless love.
Many corps members always await the moment they are paid their first allowances, dreaming of how such money will enrich their lives.
For Olabisi, she thought of a beautiful way to use that fund and saw how well it will impact the lives of those in need.
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