Alausa Commends NYSC Over Digital Innovations, Anti-Fraud Measures
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Alausa Commends NYSC Over Digital Innovations, Anti-Fraud Measures
By Alabidun Shuaib AbdulRahman
The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, has commended the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC for deploying technology and digital innovations to curb fraudulent activities and improve the efficiency of its operations.
Alausa gave the commendation in Abuja when the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, paid him a courtesy visit.
The minister particularly praised the NYSC leadership for the transformation recorded by the scheme through the adoption of technology in the registration and deployment of corps members.
He said the digitisation of NYSC operations had contributed significantly to seamless registration and deployment, despite initial resistance from some sections of the public.
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Alausa said, “I would like to commend you for all the transformation that you have brought to NYSC and the use of technology to ensure seamless operations and deployment of Corps Members.”
The minister recalled that the decision by the NYSC to embrace technology in its registration process was initially opposed by some members of the public.
He, however, said the benefits of the digital system had become evident, adding that the process was now being widely appreciated by Nigerians.
The NYSC Director-General, Nafiu, told the minister that the scheme had also strengthened the security features of corps members’ Call-up and Posting Letters to tackle document forgery.
According to him, unscrupulous individuals had devised methods of cloning the official documents and issuing fake letters to prospective employers, while using them to defraud and extort unsuspecting corps members.
Nafiu said the enhanced security features had made the NYSC Call-up and Posting Letters more difficult to manipulate.
He added that employers could easily verify the authenticity of the documents through the improved system.
The NYSC boss further disclosed that a joint committee comprising officials of the scheme and the Federal Ministry of Education had been constituted to deepen collaboration between the two institutions.
He said the committee would also work towards ensuring that only qualified and eligible Nigerian graduates were mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps programme.
