We’ll mobilise only graduates with NERD certificate – NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has reaffirmed that it is committed to enforcing the Federal Government’s directive mandating each Prospective Corps Members to contiguous a compliance certificate from the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank, NERD.

The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, stated this successful his keynote code astatine the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilization Workshop themed, “Strengthening Institutional Accountability and Compliance successful the NYSC Mobilization Process for Effective Service Delivery,” held successful Abuja.

He appealed to Corps Producing Institutions to adequately sensitize their students and guarantee strict compliance with the initiative.

General Nafiu emphasized that the mobilization process was not the sole work of the NYSC, urging regulatory bodies, information agencies, and applicable ministries to supply the indispensable enactment done argumentation guidance, capableness building, and enforcement of compliance standards.

He said, “When we enactment successful synergy, we easiness the way for our Prospective Corps Members, ensuring that their modulation from pupil to nationalist work is smooth, transparent, and credible.

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