NYSC Says Buying Degree Certificate Without Attending Classes Is Fraudulent

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Shuaibu Ibrahim has said that certain youths in the country are taking the short route of securing degree certificates they never earned.

He made this known in Asaba at the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop, and as stated on its Facebook page on Wednesday.

Ibrahim decried the emerging trend among youths who try to cut corners by going to foreign countries especially within the West-African Sub-Region to buy Certificates for degree courses they never attended, according to NYSC’s Facebook post.

Shuaibu stressed that the Scheme would not mobilize untrained persons who did not go through the required degree process, adding that issuance of National Service or exemption certificates will only be given to qualified candidates.

He also urged parents to follow up on their wards’ academic programmes in tertiary institutions at home and abroad, thereby ensuring that they do not engage in fraudulent means to get academic degree certificate.

“Management also wishes to advise parents whose wards are studying overseas to ensure that they make themselves available for National Service immediately they complete their studies to avoid contravention of the NYSC Act.

“Such undergraduates are also encouraged to always visit our website, www.nysc.gov.ng and our social media platforms to acquaint themselves with guidelines on mobilization”, the DG added.

In his remarks, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa represented by the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Ifeanyi Egwunyenga,  lauded NYSC for its continuous efforts towards sanitizing the mobilization process.

“I urge you not to rest on your oars as posterity will always remember every courageous and patriotic stance in the interest of our dear country,” he said.

The workshop was also attended by Students Affairs Officers of all Corps Producing Institutions in the country, representatives of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and other stakeholders.