NSUK Assigned My UTME Number To Another Student For NYSC Call-Up -Graduate

“I am depressed knowing someone has reaped the labour of my four years. This person used my registration number to serve and I believe he must have been using that NYSC certificate to work and make a living. Look at me, the owner of the number he/she used. I have graduated, but I cannot serve; what value do my results have? Not going to school is better than what is happening to me. I feel like ending it all.

“Upon completion of my studies, I attempted to enroll for NYSC, but all my applications were unsuccessful. I went back to the school in July 2024 to find out why. A list was brought to me, and I was told that I had already served in 2019. I explained that it was impossible for me to have served in 2019, but the Data Entry Officer, Idris Dahiru, refused to listen.

“I visited the JAMB Zonal Office in Abuja, where biometric verification confirmed me as the legitimate owner of the registration number in question. I was told to return to my school because my registration number had been used to mobilize another person.

“When I took this information to the Student Affairs Division, they assured me they would investigate and asked me to return later. But after several follow-ups, they stopped responding to my calls.

“The VC’s Special Assistant, Gbadamosi, wrote a note and placed it in my file, asking me to go back to Student Affairs. But when I got there, the Student Affairs officer dismissed the note, saying even if the VC got involved, they were the ones who would advise him on the matter.

“I contacted somebody in JAMB, and some other people who advised me against regularisation, saying it would make my admission invalid and my results useless. On September 4, 2024 I wrote a letter to the JAMB Registrar. I went there and they confirmed that I was the original owner of the number. On September 5, I wrote to NYSC headquarters. I went there too, and I was told there was no need for me to submit a letter because they only work with lists from schools. But I insisted that the person moblised with my number did it illegally and the NYSC should be interested in the matter as a reputable organisation. The letter was later taken from me. After a week, a lady called me from NYSC and said she had spoken to the student affairs officer of my school, asking me to go back to my school.

“When I went back, the data entry officer of my school, Idris Dahiru, made jest of me. He said if I like, I should report the matter anywhere in the world, that they would still refer me to them. He insisted that it is either I do JAMB regularisation or nothing. I immediately went to the office of the VC to see him on my matter but I wasn’t allowed that day. They referred me back to the students’ affairs. There, I was told I should stop proving stubborn, that I was not the only one affected and that others whose numbers were used to moblise others have done regularisation.

“I appeal to the relevant authorities to intervene and ensure justice. This injustice must be corrected. I should not be made to suffer for something I knew nothing about.” -Adamu Sunday, Economics Graduate With Punch Newspapers