NYSC Introduces Biometric Monthly Clearance

“Corps members who absent themselves
from their places of primary
assignment are in for a hard time,
following the introduction of a
biometric technology for the conduct of
corps members’ monthly clearance by
the National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC).
The biometric technology will
effectively check cases of
absenteeism, submission of monthly
clearance by proxy, signing of
community development service
(CDS) attendance register by proxy
and other forms of indiscipline
among corps members.
Speaking during the formal
demonstration of the technology in
Kuje, Abuja yesterday, the director
general of the scheme, Brig-Gen
Johnson Olawumi stated that
biometric technology will not only
address absenteeism during service
year but will also address the
problems of irregular signatures
leading to non-payment of monthly
allowance, and poor collation and
storage of data of corps members.
The DG who acknowledged that corps
members’ absenteeism were made
possible in connivance with staff of
the scheme revealed that the NYSC
would take disciplinary action on
about six staff of the NYSC for
conniving with corps members to
absent themselves from service
adding that after investigation, some
of the staff will face outright
dismissal.
Olawunmi added that the exercise was
part of the second phase of
computerisation process of the
operations of the scheme.”

Naij