Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Send all `authentic’ graduates to NYSC, VCs tell universities

The Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC)
has urged universities to upload the
names of all eligible graduates for the
2016 Batch `B’ of the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC).
A statement by CVC on Tuesday in Abuja
said that the committee’s stance was
sequel to its meeting with the Director-
General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure.

The statement was co-signed by Prof.
Adebiyi Daramola, CVC’s President and
Prof. Michael Faborode, the committee’s
Secretary-General.
NYSC had in a memo to universities
recently, directed them to cut their
mobilisation for the scheme by 60 per cent
due to financial constraints.
The CVC said that the stakeholders agreed
with NYSC that paucity of funds was
responsible for the slash in the percentage
of mobilisation.
It said that its meeting resolved “that all
authentic graduates of universities be
uploaded by universities for NYSC to
mobilise as appropriate.
“All universities are expected to comply
immediately and ensure that graduates of
part-time programmes and over-aged
graduates are not included in their list.
“The CVC and the Association of Vice-
Chancellors of Nigerian Universities
(AVCNU) plead with the government and
the National Assembly to provide
resources needed for full mobilisation to
stave off impending problem of partial
mobilisation.
“We appeal to all graduates and
prospective corps members to show
understanding and exercise restraint while
awaiting further directives from NYSC.’’
The statement said that the CVC meeting
with NYSC authorities was preceded by
one with the Executive Secretary of the
National Universities Commission on the
issue.

Source: Vanguard



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