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GETTING STARTED: The Corps Service Year
National Youth Service Corps year comprises a four-phase program made up
of the following:
(a) Mobilization and Orientation
(b) Primary Assignment
(c) Community Development Service
(d) Winding-up Activities and passing-out parade
Mobilization
The process of mobilization or call-up of prospective corps members
begins during the academic year preceding the service year. The National
Directorate Headquarters in liaison with the tertiary institutions which
produce the prospective service corps members collects and processes
data on, and draws up a list of, all eligible prospective corps members.
The instrument that authorizes the deployment of each corps member is
the call-up letter which comprises such information as the corps
member’s name, course of study, personal number, year of service and the
institution attended. It also contains the name of the state of
deployment, the date of commencement of orientation and the orientation
camp location. Behind the call-up letter is a list of things required of
you on your way to the NYSC orientation camp.
The call-up letters, issued by the National Directorate Headquarters,
are collected by the corps members from the student Affairs Officer of
their institutions and are given to students who pass their degree,
diploma or certificate examinations. Candidates who have references in
their final papers or failed their diploma/degree examinations are
ineligible and are compelled to pass those examinations before they can
collect their call-up letters and leave their institutions.
Graduates from foreign universities however, report directly to the
National Directorate Headquarters
for proper evaluation of their certificates, preparatory to deployment.
However, a final year student
who
- is over 30 years of age
- has served in the Armed Forces or the Police or the State Security
Service for a period of more than mine months; and
- has been conferred with a National Honours
is exempted from service. Such candidate collects his exemption
certificate from the National Directorate Headquarters.
The prospective corps member does not have any input in the entire
deployment process. It is the prerogative of the National Directorate
Headquarters which ensures that the provision of the enabling decree are
adhered to, namely that
(a) As far as possible youths are assigned to jobs in States other than
their states of origin;
(b) Each group assigned to work together as a representative of the
country as possible; and that
(c) The youths are exposed (through their posting) to the modes of
living of the people in different parts of the country with a view to
removing prejudices, eliminating ignorance and confirming at first hand
the many similarities among Nigerians of all ethnic groups.
However, these provisions notwithstanding, prospective corps members can
be given concessional posting on health and marital consideration, but
are expected to produce medical reports from University Teaching
Hospitals, Medical Centres of relevant tertiary institutions, General
Hospitals, Military or Mission Hospitals and must be signed by the Chief
Medical Health Officer or Consultant of such hospitals. As for married
women, they are expected to produce marriage certificates and/or
newspaper cuttings of change of name, authenticated by evidence of
maiden name.
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Orientation| Primary Assignment|
Community Development Service|
Winding-up Activities and
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