Drama as NYSC disowns Enugu governor-elect’s certificate

Brig Gen YD Ahmed, the director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu state governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body, The Punch reports.

Telescope.ng gathered that Brig Gen Ahmed, while appearing on Arise TV’s breakfast programme on Friday, May 19, said the argument on whether Mbah has a valid NYSC certificate or not did not arise because he has told the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2023 governorship elections that what he presented as a certificate was fake.

He said: “He came to me and I called my director to confirm the certificate and we discovered that the certificate was fake and I told him…I wonder how elites who have gone to school will resort to black market certificates. Everyone knows how we issue our certificate in NYSC we don’t give it in hotel rooms or houses.”

Mbah has, however, filed a case against the NYSC, demanding N20 billion for injuries he claimed to have been inflicted on his person due to the controversies surrounding his certificate.

Recall that controversy surrounding Mbah’s discharge certificate became known publicly in February 2023, when the NYSC, in response to an inquiry by a non-governmental organisation, released a letter stating that the certificate submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission was not issued by them.