•Youth Corps members
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will mobilise no fewer than 650,000 graduates from within and outside Nigeria for the mandatory service programme next year.
Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye, made this known in Abuja today while delivering a goodwill message at the 7th National Day of Identity organised by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).
Oluseye disclosed that about 400,000 corps members were mobilised this year, emphasising the importance of a secure and trusted National Identity Database in the mobilisation process, reports The Nation.
He explained that the integration of National Identity Numbers (NIN) has improved transparency, citing a 2023 case where an investigative journalist attempting multiple fraudulent registrations was exposed through the system.
According to him, the robust system now makes it practically impossible for ineligible individuals to be mobilised as corps members.
The NYSC boss commended the collaboration between NIMC and NYSC, noting that it has eliminated multiple registrations and fraudulent enrolments, while also making the mobilisation process faster and more efficient.
He assured that the Corps is addressing remaining challenges to ensure an even smoother mobilisation exercise going forward.
