{"id":18886,"date":"2018-05-25T20:32:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18886"},"modified":"2018-05-25T20:32:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T20:32:53","slug":"3-esut-graduates-mobilized-for-nysc-rejected-for-inability-to-read-and-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=18886","title":{"rendered":"3 ESUT &#8220;GRADUATES&#8221; MOBILIZED FOR NYSC REJECTED FOR &#8220;INABILITY TO READ AND WRITE&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Three \u201cgraduates\u201d of Enugu State University of Science and Technology mobilized to participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme have shown lack of competence and intelligence level expected of genuine degree holders.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to documents obtained by ESUT NEWS ONLINE, the three \u201cgraduates,\u201d who are serving in ABUJA, Lagos and KOGI states respectively, were rejected, with formal letters sent to the state coordinators by their areas of primary assignment and forwarded to the NYSC headquarters in Abuja.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Director General of NYSC, had informed the NUC of the presence of corps members who displayed \u201cglaring lack of academic ability and intelligence level expected of genuine Nigerian graduates, which were consistently exhibited by the three students from the Enugu State University of Science and Technology.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Attaching copies of letters from NYSC secretariats in Abuja, Lagos and Kogi, \u201cAs contained in the reports, the corps members exhibited signs of incompetence and low intelligence level which range from inability to complete registration formats correctly to not being able to teach pupils at nursery school level.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These inadequacies led to their rejections by their employers in their various states of deployment.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The case, according to an insider\u2019s account, has baffled the National Universities Commission (NUC) and prompted the setting up of a committee to \u201cverify the integrity of the degrees,\u201d and find out if there was collaboration by the university.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Federal education authorities are suspecting a wide-ranging scam that might have been going on for years.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">To unravel how the three corps members were mobilised, the NUC has already set up a panel, comprising officials of NYSC, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the State Security Service (SSS).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The mandate of the panel, \u00a0signed by NUC Director of Quality Assurance, Professor C.F. Mafiana, \u201cis to fully investigate the report with a view to identifying the culprits, including others similarly mobilised and their collaborators, and ensuring sanctions accordingly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The team would be chaired by a visiting professor in the NUC.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=16251&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Out of the three corps members, Jane could hardly write the Roman figures from one to 10 in words, just as she could not write three states and their capitals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">She could not provide the names of two major rivers in Nigeria, just as she failed to name three countries that share border with Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Obioma, according to the documents, was rejected by Kings College, Lagos, after it was discovered that she was grossly incompetent to perform her duties.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A further test on her by the Lagos state NYSC secretariat revealed that though a graduate of Electricals\/Electronics, she never passed any of the science subjects at the secondary school level.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The third fellow, John, who was posted to Abuja, was rejected by a nursery\/primary school known as FEMA Schools because of his inability to read and write.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Having been rejected by two employers, he had to be reposted by Abuja NYSC to a bakery, pending the final determination of his case by the NYSC national headquarters.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When queried on his incompetence, John proved his incompetence when he responded in writing: \u2018\u201cI awarded a degree in Enugu State University of Science and Technology I have a probeam in my university am manegn my siefe to funsh my school.\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A source disclosed\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1030100403\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0that members of the panel would soon commence probing the circumstances under which the \u201cgraduates\u201d were released by the university to participate in the NYSC scheme.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-18603\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-300x86.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-768x219.jpg 768w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sheriff-1024x292.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three \u201cgraduates\u201d of Enugu State University of Science and Technology mobilized to participate in the National Youth Service Corps scheme have shown lack of competence and intelligence level expected of genuine degree holders. 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