Graduates of the Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, have continued to express issue over hold-ups in their mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), associating the difficulty to problems surrounding Senate list uploads and unsettled administrative traffic jams within the organization.
Some affected graduates, who said they have been not able to proceed with mobilisation given that 2024, described the circumstance as discouraging and emotionally draining pipes, particularly as much of their equivalents from other organizations have already begun nationwide service.
One of the impacted graduates, Lebi Anuoluwapo, declared that numerous students came across the message, “JAMB Registration Number Does Not Exist,” throughout the NYSC registration procedure. According to him, verification efforts at the Joint Admissions and Enlisting Board (JAMB) recommended that the concern did not stem from JAMB’s database.
He declared the obstacle might be connected to errors in the organization’s internal data processing and declared poor communication from the Student Affairs Department, noting that affected students had actually had a hard time to get prompt responses to their queries.
The graduate, nevertheless, acknowledged the intervention of the Rector of the institution, Mr. Kehinde Alabi, explaining his reaction as responsible and encouraging. He stated the Rector and members of the management group had engaged stakeholders and ensured trainees that efforts were continuous to solve the issue.
Reacting to the accusations, the Dean of Students’ Affairs, Mr. Tope Abiola, stated that the problem was mostly triggered by inaccurate information supplied by some students, which led to unrecognized JAMB registration numbers during the mobilisation procedure.
According to him, a number of students of the institution have actually currently been successfully mobilised and are presently preparing to serve or have actually started their NYSC program.
He further disclosed that the Rector and other administrative officers, in cooperation with officials of JAMB, are currently in Abuja working towards dealing with the outstanding problems affecting some graduates.
Speaking on whether the organization could guarantee mobilisation for all affected trainees, the Dean stated that such assurance could not be offered because, according to him, the fault did not originate from the institution.
He, however, kept that quantifiable progress was being made and expressed optimism that the scenario would be solved through ongoing engagements in between the institution and pertinent authorities.
The advancement has actually continued to generate anxiety amongst afflicted graduates, a lot of whom state the hold-up has subjected them to emotional and financial problems while waiting for mobilisation into the NYSC scheme.