The Federal government has announced that professional or license certifications are no longer compulsory for entry into the civil and public service.

The circular dated April 12, 2021 was written after a meeting of the National Council on Establishment in Lagos.

The circular personallyby Yemi-Esan during her leadership, reads in part:?The National Council on Establishment (NCE) at its 42ndmeeting held from 30thNovember ? 4thDecember 2020 in Ikeja, Lagos state resolved that professional certificates shall no longer serve as entry qualifications into any cadre in the Civil/Public Service. Consequently, only academic qualifications such as Junior and Senior Secondary School Certificates (WASC/SSCE), NECO, GCE, ND, NCE, HND, University degrees and postgraduate degrees shall apply?.

This is in response to insistence by professional bodies that certification is compulsory for entry into civil/public service.

Last month, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) warned professional bodies to operate within existing memorandum of understanding signed with the Board, saying that overstepping their bounds will attract severe consequences.

?I must emphasise that some professional bodies are overstepping their bounds.

?Some even go to NYSC to stop the mobilization of graduates. This has now been resolved and NYSC has stopped aiding this illegality,? the Executive Secretary of NBTE said in a memo dated September 11, 2024. (The Nation: Text, Excluding Headline)