Abuja – The NYSC Director,
Public Relation, Mrs Bosede
Aribigbe, on Tuesday advised
prospective corps members
to obtain their JAMB
registration numbers, to
avoid demobilisation.
Aribigbe in Abuja said that
one of the requirements for
participation in the
orientation exercise was the
presentation of JAMB
registration number.
According to her, only corps
members, who are duly
qualified and registered with
JAMB will be mobilised for
the scheme.
She, therefore, advised
prospective corps members
to obtain their registration
numbers from JAMB to
qualify for the exercise.
Aribigbe said: “I am advising
the prospective corps
members to make sure that
they obtain their JAMB
registration numbers to be
able to participate in the
orientation exercise.
`‘They must liaise with their
Students Affairs Department
to be able to secure the JAMB
registration numbers, if they
do not have it.
“Parents and guardians of
those who are going for
degrees and HND through
remedial should encourage
their wards to obtain the
registration number, to
enable them participate in
the exercise.
“This category of students
should give the registration
number to their student
affairs departments
immediately they secure it, to
ensure they will participate
in the scheme.”
She said that the pre-
mobilisation workshop for
the 2013 Batch ‘B’ exercise
was billed to hold in April.
She recalled that some of the
prospective corps members
due for mobilisation in the
2013 Batch `A’ exercise could
not do so, due to failure to
present JAMB registration
numbers.
She disclosed that the 2013
Batch ‘A‘ orientation exercise
for corps members deployed
to Yobe and Borno would
hold from April 4, to April 25
in the Nasarawa and Benue
camps.
She also said that 70,000
corps members were
mobilised for the 2013 Batch
`A’ orientation exercise
nationwide.
NAN reports that the scheme
had in a statement signed by
the NYSC Director-General,
Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi Okore-
Affia, also advised corps
producing institutions to
abide by the admission
quota.
The statement issued on Feb.
13, reveals that the quota
system was approved by
National Universities
Commission and National
Board for Technical
Education, which are
education regulatory
agencies.
The statement further
revealed that graduates of
institutions whose courses
were not duly accredited
would also not be allowed to
participate in the orientation
exercise. (NAN)