{"id":8375,"date":"2025-09-29T12:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/?p=8375"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:24:19","slug":"tinubu-makes-nerd-compliance-mandatory-for-nysc-mobilisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/29\/tinubu-makes-nerd-compliance-mandatory-for-nysc-mobilisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu Makes NERD Compliance Mandatory for NYSC Mobilisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"409\">President <strong data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"186\">Bola Tinubu<\/strong> has approved a new directive making compliance with the <strong data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"295\">Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD)<\/strong> policy a compulsory requirement for mobilisation or exemption from the <strong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"406\">National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"411\" data-end=\"612\">The order, issued in a circular by the <strong data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"527\">Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume<\/strong>, invokes provisions of the <strong data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"567\">NYSC Act<\/strong> and takes effect from <strong data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"609\">October 6, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"614\" data-end=\"981\">Under the policy, all Nigerian graduates\u2014whether from local or foreign institutions\u2014must present proof of NERD compliance before NYSC registration or exemption. One of the key requirements includes the mandatory deposit of academic outputs such as theses and project reports, designed to serve as a <strong data-start=\"913\" data-end=\"978\">quality assurance and proof of continuous academic engagement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"1276\">The move aims to curb <strong data-start=\"1005\" data-end=\"1066\">certificate fraud, degree racketeering, and honours abuse<\/strong>, while safeguarding Nigeria\u2019s intellectual property. It also introduces an <strong data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1184\">academic output monetisation mechanism<\/strong>, allowing students and lecturers to earn lifetime revenues from deposited research works.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1278\" data-end=\"1492\">NERD officials confirmed that academic submissions will include the names of students, supervisors, and heads of departments, ensuring accountability and improved supervision standards across higher institutions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1819\">The directive, officials said, is Nigeria\u2019s most decisive step yet toward <strong data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1669\">digitising higher education, preserving intellectual assets, and enhancing global competitiveness<\/strong>. Institutions, MDAs, and critical data bodies such as <strong data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1732\">NIMC<\/strong> will provide inter-agency support to strengthen compliance and validation processes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has approved a new directive making compliance with the Nigeria Education Repository and Databank (NERD) policy a compulsory requirement for mobilisation or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The order, issued in a circular by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, invokes provisions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Tinubu mandates NERD compliance for NYSC mobilisation, requiring graduates to deposit academic outputs to curb certificate fraud.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8378,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8375\/revisions\/8378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}