Nigeria, June 30 -- A graduate of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Jamiu Basola, is currently unable to participate in the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has refused to mobilise him, claiming his admission into the university was 'illegal'.

Mr Basola, who sat the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 2017, said he secured admission to study Civil Engineering at FUTA later that year.

He graduated in December 2023 with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.41 and completed his clearance with the university in May 2024 but has been unable to register for the mandatory NYSC as JAMB, which feeds graduates' information to the...