NYSC, JAMB Partner to Streamline Corps Member Data Sharing, Deployment
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) are set to strengthen their partnership through enhanced data sharing and expanded opportunities for corps members to contribute to JAMB’s operations.
NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General Olakunle Nafiu, disclosed this when he received the JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Segun Aina, during a visit to his office in Abuja.
Nafiu congratulated Aina on his appointment and expressed confidence that his professional experience, as well as his previous service as a corps member with JAMB, would contribute to his success in the new position.
He described JAMB as a key partner in the NYSC mobilisation process, particularly because the examination body provides the primary data required for the online registration of prospective corps members.
The NYSC boss commended JAMB for its continued support, noting that both agencies had maintained effective Application Programming Interface (API) data-sharing arrangements.
“We thank the management of JAMB for its support over the years. We believe so much in the credibility of JAMB, and we have enjoyed seamless API data sharing with JAMB,” Nafiu said.
In his remarks, Aina called for a stronger partnership with NYSC to maximise the contributions of corps members while creating greater value for their service experience.
The JAMB registrar said his own experience during the National Youth Service had significantly influenced his career and helped prepare him for his current responsibilities.
Aina also stressed the importance of maintaining strict standards in processing requests for changes to candidates’ information, while allowing flexibility in genuinely exceptional cases linked to the mobilisation process.
He said JAMB would continue to protect the integrity and credibility of its records.
According to him, a new framework involving the NYSC, JAMB and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) would soon be introduced to make the process of effecting legitimate data changes more seamless.
Aina further requested that corps members be deployed to JAMB offices to work as customer service representatives.
He explained that involving young Nigerians in the process would help the board communicate more effectively with its largely youthful clientele.
“We want to speak directly to young people; we want to speak the language of young people, and we need other young people to help us do it. We want to build an army of customer service representatives by using corps members,” he said.
