The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has charged certification officers within the scheme to equip themselves with the required digital competencies to enhance operational effectiveness and repair supply.
The DG charged them to stay vigilant in opposition to threats resembling certificate forgery, illicit operations and inconsistencies.
According to him, the scheme would imminently implement an digital information administration system, emphasizing the significance for certification officers to domesticate the talents essential to navigate the altering technological setting.
He famous that given the nation’s expectations for the NYSC to uphold rigorous requirements of accountability and repair excellence, the scheme would proceed to strengthen public belief and safeguard the authenticity of its Certificates of National Service.
He mentioned, “We should stay vigilant in opposition to challenges resembling certificate forgery and racketeering, discrepancies in information, delays in certificate issuance, and the rising demand for quicker, extra clear and accessible providers.”
The Director-General, represented by the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Mrs Grace Ogbuogebe, mandated that concrete measures be undertaken to transform paper-dependent Certificate of National Service manufacturing and issuance documentation to an Electronic Documents and Records Management System, EDRMS.
He elaborated that an built-in digital repository would allow expedited entry and monitoring of documentation, strengthen accountability mechanisms, and defend important information from bodily deterioration, misplacement and unauthorized modifications.
Nafiu, who underscored the need of coordinated motion in preserving the authenticity, dependability and operational effectiveness of the NYSC certification framework, acknowledged that the scheme would persistently assess its protocols and reinforce operational protections.
“We should keep heightened consciousness relating to threats together with certificate counterfeiting and illicit operations and inconsistencies,” he added.
