2 NYSC corp members jailed for 3 years with option of N10,000 fine
Two corps members have been convicted for parading fake certificates, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has disclosed. The fake corps members were arrested at the Taraba state orientation camp, The Nation reports.
The director-general of the NYSC, Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, said the fake graduates were sentenced to three years in jail for presenting fake certificates. It was gathered that the convicts were, however, given an option of fine which is pegged at N10,000. According to the NYSC boss, there is an ongoing clampdown on all fake graduates presenting doctored credentials at the scheme’s orientation camps across the country. Ibrahim called for an establishment of a special committee to fight the menace of fake certificates being used for the national scheme.
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