Full-time Higher National Diploma graduates that did part-time National Diploma programme have expressed opposition to proposal to exclude such graduates from the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
The protest happened as registration for the second stream of Batch C mobilisation began on Monday, January 6.
The affected graduates gathered at the NYSC secretariat in Lagos early Monday morning, bearing placards with messages like ‘Say No To Discrimination in NYSC’ and ‘Equal Rights for All’.
Calling for their inclusion in the NYSC mobilisation process, their mouthpiece described the policy as discriminatory.
“Many of us here did ND part-time and later switched to full-time HND. We were not told there is a policy that will deny us the opportunity to serve, despite the struggles we faced during our ND years,” he said.
Speaking further: “We’ve already written to the Director-General and JAMB about this matter. We just hope the Federal Government and Ministry of Education will review this unfair policy, especially since the registration has already started and we have yet to register.”
