NYSC To Fish Out Fake Fitness Certificates

• NYSC To Fish Out Fake Fitness Certificates
• Prospective Corp Members who use fake fitness reports will now be fished out

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has revealed that prospective corps members will now be required to present a certificate of fitness at orientation camps across the country.

This is to reduce the number of fake health status reports being presented at orientation camps nationwide.

The new development was made known by the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, Eddy Megwa in a statement made available to Pressmen recently.

The certificate of fitness will become a requirement at orientation camps from the Batch C orientation exercise which began today Wednesday November 2, 2022.

Megwa said, “In order to avail the scheme credible information on their health status and also protect them from exploitation by unscrupulous persons.

“It is pertinent to note that the NYSC Orientation Camp Clinics across the nation are managed by the National Health Insurance Authority with the supervision of consultants from tertiary health institutions.

“In view of the regimentation and physical demands of some activities of the NYSC orientation programme, the management of the scheme introduced presentation of Certificate of Fitness from recognised public health facilities by prospective corps members as a requirement for registration at the orientation camp.

“The essence is to enable camp officials manage those who are not fit to undertake certain activities in the camp. This has been largely misunderstood, leading to extortion of some prospective corps members by fraudulent individuals in their bid to secure such documents some of which may not stand a test of integrity.“