NYSC Nabs 8 Fake Corps Members In Kano

No fewer than eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) have been caught with fake certificates in Kano State.

The state coordinator, Alhaji Ladan Baba, disclosed this on Monday at the closing ceremony for the 2019 Batch “B” stream 11, which held at the permanent  orientation camp, Kusala dam, Karaye, Kano.

He said the corps members were refused registration after they were identified by officials.  

According to him, some of the foreign corps members were nabbed as they were unable to defend their degrees as foreign trained students.

Baba revealed that 1592 corps members out of 1,700 prospective deployed to Kano state were registered.

His words, “more worisome is the fact that some of them do not undergo any academic pursuits but obtained certificates through illegal means with allegations that some did so in Kano and environs.

“This will undoubtedly require urgent action by the government and good people of Kano in collaboration with the dogged security agencies in the state to checkmate this ugly trend that will affect us negatively,” Baba said.

He urged the Federal government to find ways of addressing rampant cases of fake certificates, adding that it is highly inimical to education development in the country.

On his own part, the state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, represented by deputy governor, Dr.Yusuf Gawuna said the government would continue to ensure adequate security in the state and live up to its statutory responsibilities to NYSC through enhanced welfare provision, safety and security of corps members.