The acting Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Caroline Lembu, who spoke to reporters, explained that a certificate of industrial training is one of the requirements for polytechnic graduates to participate in the one-year national youth service.
The NYSC had recently introduced a new policy, requiring graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics to present an IT certification, as part of requirements for the national service, particularly for participation in the camp activities.
The NYSC Coordinator in Lagos State, Yetunde Baderinwa, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen, where she explained that the corps members must undergo the one-year IT with evidence of completion before going for HND, and institutions must confirm this before admitting them for HND.
NYSC spokesman, Lembu, confirmed that the implementation of the policy had started noting that polytechnic students are supposed to do the 12-month training, as a pre-condition for earning the HHD certificate.
In Osun State, the NYSC Public Relations Officer in the state, Funmi Okundaye, said the policy was being implemented.
It was a similar situation in Niger State, where the NYSC spokesman in the state, Sam Oga, confirmed that polytechnic graduates without IT certificates were not being registered.