Thursday, 9 October 2014

HOUSE OF REP HALTS THE COLLECTION OF N4000 NYSC CALL UP LETTER FEE.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been mandated to suspend the online registration of prospective corps members which requires them to pay N4,000.The House of Representatives gave this directive on Tuesday following a motion moved by Hon. Hassan Saleh (PDP, Benue).
“As laudable as the idea of sending call-up letters though the internet may be, the decision requiring fresh graduates to cough out N4,000 to access letters appears insensitive and exploitative,” said Saleh.
Although the NYSC argued that the old system of prospective corps members picking up their call-up letters at their schools still exist and that the body was not forcing anyone to get on the new system, the argument held no water with the lawmakers who have now initiated a probe into the matter.
The public petitions’ committee he chairs was already working on the matter, ruled that committee on youth development and the sponsor of the motion be invited to be part of the panel that will conduct a session on the matter.

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

YOUTH CORP MEMBER DONATE 10000 NAIRA TO JONATHAN'S RE-ELECTION BID.

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Ezemagu Nnamdi has made President Goodluck Jonathan happy after donating N10,000 towards the president’s re-election bid.
The president excitement was expressed in a statement issued by Dr Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity in Abuja.
Abati said that Jonathan was deeply touched and encouraged by the immense support from Nigerians in a letter to the young Nigerian identified as the donor, currently serving.
The President was quoted as saying he would continue to count on the support, goodwill and prayers of patriotic Nigerians as he strives to give the best possible leadership to the country.
Jonathan said he was deeply touched and encouraged by the immense support his administration continued to receive from young Nigerians from across the country.
He said “your gracious gesture is particularly gratifying, coming as it does from one of our nation’s vibrant and gifted youth who are our successor generation.
“It is for them our administration is unequivocally committed to providing the requisite environment to optimally realize
their tremendous creative and productive potential.
“As I carry on with the task of positively transforming our country for its God-ordained greatness and prosperity, I will continue to count on the goodwill as well as the practical and prayerful support of committed patriots like you,” the president wrote.
He thanked the youth corps member for the donation, which was sent before the PDP adopted him as its sole candidate for the 2015 presidential elections on Thursday.
The President also welcomed Nnamdi’s expression of faith in Federal Government’s ongoing efforts to reposition the country for sustained growth and development. He assured the NYSC member and other young Nigerians that he would continue to do his best in the service of the nation in keeping with their trust and expectations.
In a letter accompanying his donation, Nnamdi was said to have assured Jonathan of the continued support of patriotic Nigerians and urged him to seek re-election in 2015.
He said “Nigerians are behind you. We see your good works in power, transportation, education, housing, ICT, sports, electoral reforms, observation of the principle of federal character and the creation of investment opportunities.
“The insurgents who are trying to destabilise your administration are enemies of peace and progress. You will surely defeat them,” Abati quoted the youth corps member as saying.( picture of nnamdi inscribed above).

WHY WE ASKED CORP MEMBERS TO PAY 4000 FOR CALL UP LETTER.

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), yesterday, explained that the N4,000 fee imposed on prospective corps members for printing of call-up letters on-line was for services and infrastructure to be deployed by the collaborating firm.
Director General of NYSC, Brig-General Jonhson Olawumi, said the money was neither for the scheme nor the corps producing institutions as it was being alleged in some quarters.
NYSC, in a bid to improve its operations in line with global cutting-edge technology, went into partnership with a private company, Messrs. SID MACH Technologies Nigeria Limited, for the full computerization for mobilization process.( vanguard).