The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program’s double deployment of undercover journalist Umar Audu has been attributed to technology by Education Minister Tahir Mamman.
The Minister stated that the confusion was caused by a technological glitch, but steps have been taken to prevent it from happening again.
Reported by Anaedoonline.ng Mamman made the comment on Wednesday while discussing Audu’s investigative investigation, in which the journalist detailed how he joined the NYSC programme despite having earned a university degree from the Benin Republic in less than two months.
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“I presume that’s a failure of technology. Sometimes, it happens. So, it’s for the technical people to answer that,” Mamman said.
With the phoney certificate he had gotten from the Benin Republic, Audu—who had previously participated in the NYSC scheme—was once more deployed for the scheme and posted to Cross River State.
Speaking about the breakthrough, Mamman continued, “so that we simply have one identification system in our country and don’t carry different identification everywhere we go.” This was something he had already addressed with Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Secretary of Interior.
The federal government’s decision to halt certification and examination of results from these countries will also impact a number of other countries, as stated by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman.
Speaking on Channels Television on Wednesday, Mamman stated that the federal government’s hammer will not be restricted to the outcomes of the Benin Republic and Togo.
He claims that the federal government’s censure will cover the outcomes from nations like Uganda, Kenya, and the Niger Republic.
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