Enugu governor-elect’s certificate not from NYSC � DG

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen YD Ahmed, has said the discharge certificate being paraded by Enugu State Governor-elect, Peter Mbah, was not issued by the body.

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

�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,� the DG said.

Meanwhile, the Enugu state governor-elect, Peter Mbah has 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.