The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National
Youth Service Corps have resolved to step up measures to check
fraudulent practices by prospective corps members.
This was the subject of discussion during the visit by the JAMB
Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, to the Director-General, Brigadier
General Sulaiman Kazaure, at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters.
Professor Oloyede noted that applications for change
of date of birth being forwarded to JAMB were mostly from over-aged
persons who want to get mobilized for the national service.
He explained that since his assumption of duty as Registrar, JAMB had
been taking measures to block sharps practices, while also seeking
enhanced inter-agency cooperation in that regard.
In his remarks, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Sulaiman
Kazaure, described JAMB as a critical stakeholder in the NYSC, and
welcomed the agency’s renewed commitment to eliminating sharp practices.