The Lagos State Secretariat of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) cleared the air on Sunday on the seamless registration of all 2024 Batch B Stream 2 Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) graduates and those deployed to the state for the three-week orientation programme.
Recall that the Executive Secretary of the National Board NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, accused NYSC of taking a directive from a mere professional body rather than a constituted board in a letter titled “Refusal to register students of HND Science Laboratory Technology programme at NYSC orientation camps” dated August 28.
Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa, the Lagos State Coordinator of the Scheme, clarified the situation at the Agege Orientation camp ground where she disclosed and verified that all the 22 Science Laboratory Technologists graduates mobilised for the Batch and deployed to Lagos State were duly documented and registered alongside their colleagues at the Orientation Camp on arrival.
Baderinwa, who dismissed the allegations of none-registration of some categories of corps members, explained to journalists with evidence of documentation and records, saying no SLT Polytechnic or university graduates was denied or barred from registration.
She stated, “All 22, males and females, SLT graduates from various institutions, were duly registered for the orientation programme.”
Some of the corps members, who are graduates of the SLT program from various institutions, confirmed that they were not denied registration or requested to provide any licence from any professional body as a requirement for admission to the camp and registration for the orientation program.
Baderinwa further stated that all documented and registered corps members went through the seamless registration process upon arrival.
She revealed that a total of 4,743 prospective corps members were deployed to the state, stating the Batch includes 22 SLT graduates, with 12 accommodated at the Agege Orientation camp ground, while others were dislodged to Ogun, Osun, and Oyo states for the orientation programme due to lack of space.
Baderinwa added, “In Osun, we have 879 corps member. In Ogun, we have 581 and in Oyo, 238. All the requirements for mobilisation for the national service year itemised for all read on the NYSC portal. All SLT graduates and others from various institutions went through a seamless registration process and duly documented.”