Brigadier Shuaib Ibrahim NYSC DG
Brigadier Shuaib Ibrahim NYSC DG
NYSC Boss Decries Fake Graduates from Cotonou Varsities,
Partners EFCC on Anti-Corruption Campaigns
By Isah Ismaila Gagarawa
Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier
General Shuaibu Ibrahim has bemoaned some unnamed universities in
Benin Republic for allegedly presenting unqualified persons for
mobilisation.
He added that the Corps has commenced investigations into the
activities of such universities.
In a statement by the NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations,
Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, Ibrahim was quoted to have said: “It is
unfortunate that some institutions of higher learning, particularly
in Cotonou, Benin Republic, present to us people who didn’t go
through the four walls of the university as graduates for NYSC
mobilisation.
“We are presently investigating some of such so-called
graduates, many of whom cannot write or spell any word in
English.”
Adeyemi also revealed that the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has pledged to support the NYSC in combating fraudulent
mobilisation of unqualified graduates for national service.
The EFCC had reportedly commended corps members for educating
Nigerians on the dangers of corruption through the Anti-corruption
Community Development Service Groups.
Adeyemi said the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, made the
pledge when Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim paid him a courtesy visit in
his office recently at EFCC headquarters, Abuja.
She added that Magu condemned activities of unscrupulous persons
who bring shame to the country through their desperate quest for
wealth, including sale of academic qualifications to unqualified
graduates.
The EFCC boss then promised to collaborate with NYSC to
checkmate illegal activities of such individuals.
Earlier, the NYSC chief had decried corruption in the country,
adding that under his leadership, staff and corps members would
pursue the fight to get rid of the menace.
He appealed for EFCC support “in NYSC’s quest to monitor the
activities of some higher institutions that present unqualified
graduates for mobilisation for national service.”
The EFCC boss later conferred on NYSC boss the honour of
‘Anti-Corruption Ambassador’.