The management of the National Youth Service Corps has lamented that the University of Calabar once mobilised a bread seller on its graduation list for the one-year mandatory national service.

It said as part of moves to restore sanity, it has demobilised 54 illegally mobilised graduates of the university to prevent the award of Certificates of National Service to unqualified persons.

This was contained in a statement signed by the scheme’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, on Friday.

The statement quoted the Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed, as disclosing this in Abuja on Friday, adding that the illegal graduates would be prosecuted accordingly.

He said of the 54, 19 of them initially registered online for mobilisation, have been prevented from service, while four Certificates of National Service for other culprits, were not produced by the Scheme.

Recall that the NYSC had earlier on Monday, invalidated the Certificates of 101 illegally mobilized graduates of UNICAL, who were part of the scheme between 2021-2023.

Following the invalidation of the certificates, the Pro-Chancellor of the University, DIG Udom Ekpoudom (retd.), commended the scheme for exposing fake graduates who were fraudulently mobilised, pledging to take action against staff involved in the mobilisation of fake graduates from the institution.

The NYSC DG disclosed that a bread seller had been illegally mobilised from the university, while commending the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Florence Obi, for hinting the NYSC about the illegal mobilisations.

“The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar came here to report that she observed some names appeared on the institution’s list and they ought not to have been there. She checked the list the school gave us and I told her that their certificates would be invalidated. I give kudos to the Vice-Chancellor.

“Previously, a bread seller was mobilised on the graduation list from the same institution, there are bad eggs in many places that generate matriculation numbers and courses for their candidates”, the DG said.

He stated further that the Scheme would intensify its collaboration with Heads of Corps Producing Institutions and relevant stakeholders in the country to stop the menace.

Ahmed added that any failure in the mobilisation process from any school falls on the integrity of the management of such an institution, stating, “Those who are responsible for imputing the data of graduates should be people of integrity.”

He called on all employers of labour in the country to verify the authenticity of Certificates of National Service being presented for job placement from the NYSC.

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A graduate of Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, Miss Obiero Miracle Chidiebube has won the sum of seven hundred thousand (₦700, 000) naira only while undergoing her mandatory one year National Youth Service in Benin, Edo State capital.

Ms Obiero who graduated from the Department of Applied Biology and Bio-Technology, Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences in 2022 came second in the 2023 Accessprenuer Competition on business proposals sponsored by Access Bank

Although she expressed mixed feelings considering that her target of being the winner didn’t materialise, she however was delighted that the skill she acquired while studying Entrepreneurship in her Alma Mater came handy. 

“It was an Accessprenuer Competition sponsored by Access Bank. We were asked to write a business proposal on any skill we want to turn into a business. I wrote on antiseptics production from my knowledge of entrepreneurship which have been running since my base in ESUT.

“I made it to the top five among 30 corps members and on the 5th of August 2022, we defended the proposal within the space of three minutes by which I became the first runner up and I was given the sum of N700,000 naira to establish the business.

“It was a mixed feeling for me because I thought I would become the winner and get the one million naira prize but I’m grateful that I am part of the winners, the first runner up,” she said in an interview with ESUT Monitor.

Miss Obiero who finished her youth service in July 2023 in the Benin Teaching Hospital, Ugbowo, Edo State, said she has registered the company’s name, bought equipment and making plans for the establish the company physically even as she is currently operating from home.

“I have invested in the business and it has a new look now. We have secured our trademark, got CAC (Corporate Affairs Commission) registration under Limited Liability Company. We rebranded using NAFDAC’s standard and currently waiting to secure our approval code which will cost more money and resources. We have been able to get a detailed label according to NAFDAC standard and currently we are pursuing NAFDAC registration.

“The money really helped us to accomplish a lot and increase productivity. We got some equipment that help with efficiency of the production. Before the product was unbranded but now it has a new look. The name is registered and the brand check marked.”

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