(Legendsglobe.com)
As the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp opened yesterday across the country, Polytechnic graduates with the Higher National Diploma (HND) without Industrial Training (IT) certification were sent back.NYSC had introduced a new policy demanding IT certification for those seeking to fulfil their national service obligations and has halted the screening process for some HND graduates.LEADERSHIP had earlier reported how the NYSC had announced that HND graduates must provide evidence of completing their one-year mandatory IT certificate before being registered in their respective camps.The policy mandates that graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics who had been mobilised for Batch B Stream II provide evidence of the mandatory one-year Industrial Training (IT) as a requirement for participating in the camp.Our correspondent, who visited the NYSC Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday at 11 a.m., observed that registration was going smoothly with corps members who had all the requirements.
However, a few corps members who were rejected due to the absence of an IT certificate lamented that they had already completed their degrees and were ready to serve the country, only to find themselves excluded due to certification.