NYSC REJECTS UI, UNN GRADUATES FROM ORIENTATION CAMPS OVER SCHOOLS REFUSAL IN COMPLYING WITH CORPS DIRECTIVES

Graduates of the University of Ibadan and University of Nigeria Nsukka have been disallowed from participating in the Batch C orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) due to the failure of their schools to comply with NYSC directives.

Speaking with our Correspondents, a PCM from the University of Ibadan who craved anonymity, said the news from the camp authorities had dampened his spirit and he could not believe that after traveling down to Cross River from Ibadan, he was denied the opportunity to participate in the ongoing Batch C orientation course.

“It is frustrating that as at now, I have not been cleared to participate in the orientation course here in Cross River State,” he said.

Findings showed that there were discrepancies between the PCMs’ information released from their institutions and the NYSC directive to the corps producing institutions (CPIs).

In a circular dated November 7 and obtained by Newsmen, NYSC informed all institutions that were yet to comply with its earlier resolution on “the harmonization of the uploaded dates of graduation and the nomenclature in courses of study with the data on call-up letters”.

As a measure against the non-compliance, the NYSC headquarters told its state coordinators “to advise all PCMs awaiting registration to go back to their institutions to rectify their respective challenges”.

Emails and text messages sent to the institutions and NYSC have not been responded to at press time.