Tag: Certificate Racketeering

NYSC partners WAEC, JAMB, NIMC to curb Certificate racketeering

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has intensified efforts to curb certificate racketeering by partnering with key national institutions including the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), to fortify the registration and verification process for prospective corps members.   Director General of the Scheme, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, made this known while addressing the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Universities, Polytechnics, Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Youth Development, chaired by Honourable Abubakar Fulata.   He disclosed that the…

NYSC Knocks Foreign Institutions Over Certificate Racketeering

Emporium Reporters

The National Youth Service Corps has condemned some Foreign Tertiary Institutions in Africa for awarding certificates and transcripts to persons that never passed through academic rigour. NYSC said efforts were in place by the Federal Ministries of Education and Foreign Affairs to ensure that all Degree and HND Certificates obtained outside the shores of Nigeria are authenticated at the Nigerian Consulate in the countries of study. The Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim stated this in his keynote address at the one day interactive meeting between NYSC Management and Registrars of…