NYSC ORGANISATIONAL CHART:

Office of the Director-General Autonomous Units in the Office of the Director-General: These are Public Relations Unit, Internal Audit Unit and Legal Unit. Public Relations Unit: The Public Relations unit is headed by a Director (SGL 17) and the unit broadly takes responsibility for Protocol, communication, publications, and information as well as photography/video matters. •  Image making of the scheme. •  Establishment and maintenance of good rapport with various media, principally to facilitate dissemination of information on the scheme. •  Maintenance of free flow of communication within the organization as well as the general public. •  Handles passages, in-house publications, press releases, general press liaison and printing. •  Collation and publication of the Director-General's selected Speeches from October 2004 to October 2005 as a reference material for the scheme. Internal Audit Unit: The Internal Audit unit is headed by a Director (SGL 17) and the unit is established to serve as internal control and checks for the scheme. Other duties of the unit include: •  Scrutinising of vouchers and all financial transactions to ensure that they tall with federal government financial statue/regulations. •  Detection of errors and mistakes in recording of financial transactions. •  Carrying out investigations when the need arises. •  Monitoring the writing of the financial statement/performance of the organization at the end of each fiscal year. •  Evaluating the assess and liabilities of the organization within specified periods. •  Ensuring that internal control mechanism put in place by the management is not abused. •  Ensuring the pre-auditing of all vouchers before payment. Legal Unit: The Legal Unit is heady by a Chief Legal Officer (SGL 14). The unit performs the following functions: •  Legal advise to management •  Representing the scheme in litigations, i.e. defends and/or prosecutes cases that are in court on behalf of the court on behalf of the NYSC •  Formalizing all forms of contracts involving the NYSC. This also includes drafting Memoranda of Understanding between the scheme and its patrons/collaborators. •  Overseeing the activities of Corps Legal Aid Scheme (CLAS) in the state Secretariats. •  The Head of Unit represents the NYSC on the Board of the Legal Aid Council.