Director General of the NYSC, Johnson Bamidele Olawumi asserts that the federal government has approved N500 as daily feeding allowance for all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members. Olawumi is said to have disclosed this at a House of Representatives Committee hearing on the N4,000 online registration fee mandated for corps members. This should amount to a sum total of N38,900.

According to leadership, civil society group launched a ‘Say No Campaign’ to protest the registration fee. It was during the hearing that Olawumi made the announcement about the new feeding allowance. He disclosed that the federal government approved N500 as feeding allowance for each corp member per day.

This should amount to about N15,000 per month meaning the allowance should be increased from the present N19,800 paid to each Corps Member to N39,800.

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.

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).

HOW TO GET A GOOD FIRM TO SERVE WITH OR DO YOUR PRIMARY PLACE OF ASSIGNMENT.

This is a very vital information for the incoming batch c corpers. If you want to get a good place to do your primary assignment. just follow the steps i would list for you below:

1. GET TO WHEREVER STATE YOU ARE BEING POSTED TO ON TIME AND DO YOUR NECESSARY REGISTRATION.
2. MAKE SURE THAT  BY THE FIRST WEEK YOU HAVE DONE YOUR NECESSARY REGISTRATION.
3. GO ONLINE TO LOOK FOR FIRMS THAT ARE IN LINE WITH YOUR COURSE OF STUDY IN ORDER FOR  YOU TO GAIN EXPERIENCE WITH THEM DURING YOUR YEAR OF SERVICE AND YOU COULD ALSO BE RETAINED BY THEM. I MEAN FIRMS IN THE STATE YOU WERE POSTED TO.
4. WRITE OUT A LIST OF ABOUT 5 FIRMS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SERVE WITH AFTER DOING THE NECESSARY RESEARCH ONLINE.
5. GET A VERY GOOD DAY AND COLLECT AN EXIT CARD FROM THE CAMP INSTRUCTORS.
6. VISIT THIS FIRMS ONE AFTER THE OTHER REQUESTING TO SERVE WITH THEM.
7. AFTER PROPER AGREEMENTS FROM THESE FIRMS THAT IS THE PAYMENT HAS BEEN AGREED UPON.  ASK THEM FOR A  LETTER OF REQUEST FOR NYSC TO POST YOU TO THEM DIRECTLY.
8. IF YOU ARE OF GOOD BEHAVIOR AFTER THE SERVICE YEAR, YOU COULD BE RETAINED BY THE FIRM.                                                                                                              I wish you all the best during your service year.      

NYSC EXPLAINS REASONS FOR PRINTING OF CALL UP LETTER.

LATEST educational news reaching our news desk today, is that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Management board has come out to defends the online registration it introduced for the mobilisation of corps members, which according to them, is for the “good” of the Nigeria corps Members. Like Most corps members are aware of, the introduction of the online registration is for the betterment of corps members, and one main use of the online registration, is that it’s also meant to eradicate the same problem faced year by year by graduates, which they normally pass through in obtaining call-up letters from their academic institutions. According to the information relay by the board’s spokesperson, Mrs. Olubunmi Aderibigbe, who in a statement on Monday,disclose that this initiative was also made to save potential corps members from untimely death that could be occasioned by the security challenges in some states in Nigeria. Mrs. Olubunmi Aderibigbe also went on to say that the process would prevent the forgery of call up letters by some scamming bodies. Mrs. Olubunmi Aderibigbe also said and we quote: “The attention of the board of the NYSC has been drawn to some reports which suggest a misunderstanding of the online registration for the mobilisation of corps members and the main reason behind this new development. The truth is that the whole idea is not only noble but is indeed designed in the best interest of the corps members, to save them from stress, scammers and most importantly, save their lives from issues like incident, etc. “Given the security challenge in some states of the federation and the observed cumbersome process of collection of call-up letters in most academic Institutions here in Nigeria, the idea was conceived to remove all impediments that make the mobilisation process a nightmare for the graduates. We saw no need why any graduate should have to travel hundreds of kilometres with all the associated risks, just to collect his or her call-up letter before going to camp, she further stated. The truth is that by registering online, the idea that any unscrupulous and stealing educational official could make the process of collection of call-up letter difficult for corps members will also be eliminated finally from the educational system here in Nigeria.

TIMETABLE FOR BATCH C 2014

NYSC Batch C Mobilization Timetable 2014 is Out

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has published the 2014 batch C mobilization timetable for prospective corps members.

All stakeholders and prospective corps members are to check the Nysc mobilization time-table for batch C 2014 published below;

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2014 Batch C

S/NO	Event	Date
1	Registration of Foreign/Local Trained Nigerian Graduates.	20th August – 12th October, 2014
2	Submission of Senate Approved List.	22nd – 27th September, 2014
3	Briefing of Final year students/Prospective Corps Members in all CPIs.	29th September – 3rd October, 2014
4	Uploading of Senate Approved List by ICT	13th – 14th October, 2014
5	Notification to Prospective Corps Members and CPIs on the status of their Senate Approved List	15th – 16th October, 2014
6	Printing of Call-Up Letters by Prospective Corps Members.	28th – 30th October, 2014
7	2014 Batch ‘C’ Orientation Course.	4th – 25th November, 2014

The National Youth Service Corps Year comprises of four (4) main segments in which every Corps Members must satisfactorily participate before he/she is qualified to be issued a certificate of National Service. The service year therefore comprises of:
1) Orientation Courses
2) Primary Assignment
3) Community Development Service
4) Winding–Up/Passing–out.

All prospective corps members are to start preparation for their service year immediately as their call-up letters will be printed online using the NYSC Mobile App.