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.

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