The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has made the presentation of a compliance certificate from the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) compulsory for the mobilisation of prospective corps members across the country.

This was made known by the Director-General of the NYSC, Olakunle Nafiu, during the 2026 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop held in Abuja.

The workshop, themed “Strengthening Institutional Accountability and Compliance in the NYSC Mobilization Process for Effective Service Delivery,” brought together stakeholders in the education and mobilization sector.

Speaking at the event, Nafiu said the scheme remains committed to enforcing the Federal Government’s directive aimed at curbing certificate fraud and ensuring credibility in the mobilisation process.

He urged Corps members producing Institutions to adequately sensitise students and ensure strict compliance with the policy.

The NYSC Director-General stressed that the mobilisation process should not be left to the scheme alone, urging regulatory agencies, security institutions and relevant ministries to support the process through policy direction, capacity building and enforcement.

“When we work in synergy, we ease the path for our Prospective Corps Members, ensuring that their transition from student to national service is smooth, transparent, and credible,” he said.

“Let us be bold in confronting the obstacles before us and creative in fashioning solutions that will stand the test of time.

“Let us build a more accountable, transparent, and efficient mobilization process for the benefit of all,” he added.

Earlier, the Director of Corps Mobilization at the NYSC, Mrs Rachel Ideawor, described the workshop as an important platform for collaboration between the NYSC, Corps Producing Institutions and other stakeholders.

She noted that although significant progress had been made in improving the mobilisation process, there was still a need to strengthen service delivery across the mobilization chain.

Ideawor urged Student Affairs Officers to handle their responsibilities with diligence and integrity, ensuring that the information provided accurately reflects the true profiles of Prospective Corps Members.

The workshop was attended by representatives of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education, the Federal Ministry of Education, NERD, SIDMACH Technologies and 266 Student Affairs Officers from Corps Producing Institutions across the country.