The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Southwest Zone D, has launched a seven-day audit of NYSC mobilisation challenges affecting graduates of tertiary institutions across the six states in the region.

The exercise will cover Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states, with NANS Joint Campus Council chairmen, Students’ Union Government presidents and other student structures directed to document affected graduates.

In a statement issued on September 9, 2026, NANS Southwest Coordinator, Comr. Adeyemo Josiah Kayode, popularly known as Billioncodes, said the association had received increasing complaints involving prolonged mobilisation delays, omission of graduates from approved lists, accreditation complications and other administrative irregularities.

The student body said the situation had gone beyond what could reasonably be regarded as an ordinary administrative inconvenience.

NANS argued that graduates who had completed their academic programmes should not be forced to spend additional months or years waiting for mobilisation into the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, particularly when NYSC completion or exemption remains important for employment and career progression in Nigeria.

“Students must not pay with their future for administrative failures they did not create,” the association said.

According to NANS Southwest, its audit will document each affected graduate's institution, programme of study, year of graduation, duration of delay, current mobilisation status and any explanation provided by the institution concerned.

The association said the resulting data would be collated at the end of the seven-day exercise and used to engage affected institutions, NYSC authorities and relevant regulatory agencies.

NANS also directed tertiary institutions across the Southwest to immediately review outstanding mobilisation cases and process qualified graduates awaiting inclusion on Senate or Academic Board approved lists.

The association cited NYSC mobilisation procedures which place responsibility on Corps Producing Institutions to submit approved graduate lists for vetting and mobilisation.

It argued that where an institution delays submission or unnecessarily leaves out a qualified graduate, the consequences are borne by the graduate despite having no control over the administrative process.

NANS Southwest also raised concerns about graduates who only discover during the mobilisation process that their programmes are affected by accreditation or regulatory problems.

The association said students who had been admitted, paid fees and completed years of study should not become victims of institutional failures that were never adequately disclosed to them.

It called on the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education, National Commission for Colleges of Education and other regulators to pay particular attention to cases where accreditation problems prevent graduates from progressing to national service.

NANS also urged the NYSC management to strengthen communication channels available to prospective corps members so that affected graduates can determine whether their difficulties originate from their institution, regulatory status or the NYSC processing system.

The association said prolonged mobilisation problems could have serious consequences for graduates, including delayed employment, postponed postgraduate studies and extended financial dependence.

It warned that administrative delays could effectively prolong unemployment where employers require evidence of NYSC completion or exemption.

NANS Southwest further announced that the audit would document allegations involving individuals or syndicates demanding money from prospective corps members under the guise of facilitating mobilisation, posting or relocation.

It said allegations supported by credible evidence would be forwarded to appropriate authorities for investigation.

At the end of the seven-day audit, NANS said institutions found to have persistently delayed qualified graduates without reasonable explanation would be publicly identified and formally engaged.

The association said dialogue would remain its first approach but warned that where engagement fails, the student movement would consider peaceful and lawful measures to demand accountability.

NANS stressed that its intervention was not a debate about whether the NYSC scheme should continue to exist, but about ensuring that graduates are not unnecessarily stranded while participation in the programme remains part of Nigeria's national system.

“The days when graduates could simply be told to ‘keep waiting’ indefinitely after completing their programmes must come to an end,” the statement said.

NANS Southwest called on affected graduates across the six states to cooperate with student structures participating in the audit and provide accurate information that can be verified during subsequent engagements.