National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has explained why it mandated the National Identification Number (NIN) for registration for national service.
Gatekeepers News reports that NYSC said the NIN would be used to mobilise corps members for the 2024 service.
It insisted that prospective corps members without the number would not be mobilized for national service.
The decision was taken during the NYSC management meeting led by the Director-General, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed with the management of the National Identification Management Commission, led by its Director-General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote in Abuja on Thursday.
The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa in a statement said, “Starting from the 2024 Mobilisation Exercise, all the eligible Prospective Corps Members are expected to register for Mobilisation with their National Identification Numbers (NIN).
“This was part of the deliberations during the meeting of NYSC Management led by the Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed with the Management of National Identification Management Commission, led by its Director General, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote in Abuja today.
“The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed said the collaboration with NIMC on Corps Mobilisation would strengthen the online registration process for the Scheme.
“He added that the NYSC Integrated system that was introduced in 2014 has tremendously assisted the Scheme in its mobilization process, but there is a need for improvement.”
Coker-Odusote promised the readiness of the commission for the collaboration between both agencies.
The NIMC boss lauded the NYSC mobilisation protocols and the Scheme’s efforts towards moulding corps members for leadership responsibilities for over fifty years of its operations.
She stated that the synergy will simplify the entire mobilisation process and also address multiple issues.
Coker-Odusote added that the NIMC has partnered with several government agencies while promising to present the best services to the nation.
