Nationwide Youth Service Corps Director of Press and Public Relations Eddy Megwa has defined that an investigative journalist who had utilized for the scheme twice was ready to take action by utilizing various information.
PUNCN On-line studies that an investigative journalist, Umar Audu, had revealed how he obtained a level from a Cotonou-based college in six weeks, earlier than persevering with with the necessary one-year service on the NYSC.
In his report, Audu had detailed how the portal flagged his first try at registration along with his earlier particulars, and the way the registration went after he used a unique e-mail handle and cellphone quantity.
“NYSC apparently didn’t have a digital software to flag makes an attempt to take part in this system twice or extra,” he stated.
Talking on the event, Megwa stated the undercover reporter was profitable as a result of he “pursued a selected objective”, including that the NYSC was working to make sure this didn’t occur once more.
“It’s not that we would not have checks and balances to detect doable breaches within the system. When the undercover reporter first entered his info, the system rejected him as a result of he had beforehand served within the scheme. He later modified his e-mail handle and cellphone quantity, which made the system settle for him. And he was initially transferred to Osun State.
“He did that as a result of he had a particular objective in thoughts. We’re reviewing the state of affairs and can guarantee it doesn’t occur once more,” he stated.
The NYSC spokesperson additionally defined that this system's built-in ICT system is “evolving” to have the ability to flag and detect a number of registrations, including that this system was conducting biometric and bodily verification for foreign-trained graduates.
“On this case, for the foreign-trained graduates, we would not have a database that we use in assessing them. What we require from them is that they provide us their certificates after which in fact add their information into our system.
“After we see the information they uploaded on our system, we are going to now invite them for bodily verification. And that’s the level the place we confirm whether or not they really graduated from that claimed establishment or not,” he stated.
Megwa additionally stated the plan was working with the Nationwide Id Administration Fee to combine using the Nationwide Id Quantity in registration, noting that the plan would additionally work with the Nigerian Immigration Service to stop improper stamping of passports.
“We had additionally enabled that three years in the past to make sure that your NIN quantity is a part of your registration course of in order that even should you come 20 occasions, the system will fish you out.
“We additionally intend to work with the Nigerian Immigration Service to create synergies in order that the method of defeating the Nigerian authorities by improperly stamping their passports, all these items will likely be a factor of the previous,” he added.
