NYSC 2016 Batch ‘A’ Stream II Orientation Proceeds as Planned

The National Youth Service Corps wishes to express profound appreciation of the Federal Government’s intervention through the release of funds for the 2016 Batch ’A’ Stream II Orientation Course.
Consequent upon government’s intervention, Management is pleased to inform prospective Corps members, parents, guardians and the rest of the general public that the 2016 Batch ‘A’ Stream II Orientation Course will hold as planned.
As a reminder, all are to note that the Orientation Course will commence on Saturday, 21st May, 2016 and end on Monday, 6th June, 2016.



Therefore, all prospective Corps members are advised to print their call-up letters online or collect same from their respective institutions of graduation as applicable.

They are to report to the Orientation camps in their states of deployment whose addresses would be shown on their call-up letters.


Management wishes all prospective Corps members a hitch-free and rewarding orientation course.

General Kazaure Takes Over as NYSC DG, Promises Fairness to All

History was made on Monday, 18th April, 2016, as Brigadier – General Sule Zakari Kazaure assumes office as the 17th Director- General of the National Youth Service Corps at the Yakubu Gowon House, the National Directorate Headquarters of the scheme located in
Maitama, Abuja.


The new DG, who thanked the Almighty Allah for his grace, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Chief of Army Staff for the priviledge to serve in NYSC promised to contribute his own quota to the development of the scheme.


General Kazaure therefore solicited for the support of the entire staff of the scheme as he promised to give staff and corps welfare priority during his tenure of office.


While thanking President Buhari for considering him worthy of the appointment, he noted that he is aware of the daunting challenges and the bumpy road to success but expressed optimism that with maximum cooperation, the task would be achieved. He pledged to make corps members’ and staff welfare his priority.


‘I want to thank you for the support and unalloyed loyalty you gave to the outgoing DG. I am soliciting for more support to consolidate on the success and achievements made towards moving the scheme to greater heights. I know that the task ahead is enormous and the road looks rough, but with unity of purpose, cooperation and support of all we will make progress. Therefore I urge all to be proactive, positive and be optimistic in all our dealings so that our efforts will give us the desired success of the scheme in line with the vision of the present administration’.


‘On my part, I understand the importance of a motivated workforce, therefore I will endeavor to give staff and corps members’ welfare a priority and in doing so, I will be fair and transparent in my administration in order to enable us succeed’, Kazaure said.



Earlier in his farewell address before the symbolic handing over of the flag, the immediate past Director-General, Brigadier-General Johnson Olawumi recounted how he was ushered into the corporate Headquarters of NYSC on the 6th of January, 2014. He thanked the top Management and staff of the scheme for the enormous cooperation accorded him all through his tenure.



‘NYSC staff are industrious, competent and committed. Your unalloyed loyalty, support and general work ethics attest to this fact. I could not have achieved much without your loyalty and support, therefore, I thank you all immensely and pray that the Almighty God will sustain you and be with your families at every point of their needs’.



‘I crave your indulgence to support the new Director-General to enable him consolidate on the success and achievements so far recorded. Staff have a lot to contribute to the sustenance of the chronicles of this laudable scheme which has over the years contributed to the development of the nation.’ Olawumi added.


Olawumi however lamented his administration’s inability to execute
some programmes and activities like the sports and cultural festival due to paucity of fund but added that the management is at the verge of securing a sponsorship deal of 150 million naira with GLOBACOM
Nigeria Ltd.


He also hinted that his challenges while in office include the increasing corps population with lean financial resources but added that efforts were in gear to increase corps members allowances.


The erstwhile NYSC boss urged the new NYSC helmsman to prioritize staff and corps members’ welfare during and after orientation camps in order to boost their morale for optimal productivity.


In his vote of thanks, the Director Human Resource Management, Chief Anthony Ani, expressed appreciation to the President for appointing an Officer of General Kazaure’s calibre as the Director- General stressing that in the history of the forty-three year old Scheme, this would be the first time a Ph.D holder will be heading the Scheme. He assured the new Director-General of maximum cooperation
of all staff.


The event was witnessed by Management staff at the National Directorate Headquarters as well as all the NYSC State and FCT Coordinators.

2016 NYSC Batch ‘A’ Call-Up Letters Now Available Online

National Youth Service Corps, NYSC call up letters for 2016 Batch ‘A‘ Prospective Corps Members are now available for printing online.



This is to inform all the 2016 Batch ‘A’ prospective corps members that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has opened the portal for printing of their call-up letters.



HOW TO PRINT NYSC CALL-UP
LETTERS.
1. Go to NYSC portal at portal.nysc.gov.ng , http://portal.nysc.org.ng/ or http://www.nysc.org.ng ,
2. Login with your registered email and password,
3. Click on ‘Print Call Up Letter’ link to access and print your call- up letter.


NOTE: Printing of call up letters starts on Wednesday, 20th and ends Wednesday, 27th April, 2016. Those that didn’t pay should collect their call-up letters from
their Institutions of graduation.

See: Location, Addresses of NYSC Orientation Camps Nationwide . Batch A Orientation Course (stream I) holds from 27th April to 13th May, 2016 while (stream II) holds from 21st May – 6th June, 2016.

NYSC: No 25% Reduction in Corps Members’ Alawi

National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has made no reduction in corps members’ allowance.

The attention of the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been drawn to unfounded rumour about the purported reduction in Corps members’ allowance by 25%. This rumour has especially gained currency on some unauthorised websites and the social media.
Management wishes to inform Corps members and other members of the public that the statement is false, mischievous and a figment of the writer’s imagination.
Corps members, in particular, are hereby enjoined to disregard the rumour and remain focused as they continue the service to their fatherland.

NYSC confirms killing of corps member

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has  confirmed the killing of a corps member, Okonta Samuel, during the Rivers State re-run elections held on Saturday, March 19, 2016.

The NYSC Director of Press, Mrs Bose Aderibigbe, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, March 21

According to the statement, the deceased, an orphan, was shot dead by gunmen in Ahoada West Local Government area of the state.

It described the act as primitive, barbaric and ungodly, urging all well-meaning Nigerians to condemn it.

The statement said NYSC will work with relevant agencies to ensure that the perpetrators of the act are caught and made to face the full wrath of the law.

Samuel’s death is a great loss not only to his immediate family but also the NYSC family and the nation, the statement said.

It also said two other corps members who were with the deceased at the time of the incident had escaped through the help of security agents.

It said another corps member, Anana Udoetor, who was earlier reported missing has been found and well.

2016 Batch 'A' Orientation Course: Change Of Commencement Of Orientation Exercise

 

The 2016 Batch 'A' Orientation Course is scheduled to hold as follows:

• Stream I
  • Commencement ----- Wednesday 27th April, 2016
  • Swearing-In ---------- Friday 29th April, 2016
  • Close of Camp ------- Friday 13th May, 2016
• Stream II
  • Commencement ------ Saturday 21st May, 2016
  • Swearing-In ----------- Monday 23rd May, 2016
  • Close of Camp -------- Monday 6th June, 2016 
  •  
  Signed
  Management

NYSC DG Canvasses Favourable Environment for Corps Entrepreneurs

Towards making extra efforts to reduce unemployment and enhance job creation in the country, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier-General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi has admonished all serving Corps Members to come up with viable business ideas and become job creators.

Olawumi gave this charge at the official launch of the Youth Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YIEDP), a tripartite agreement between the CBN, NYSC and Heritage Bank, held in Abuja.

He said there was the need to boost job creation among Corps Members and encourage exportation of Nigerian made products adding that the NYSC Scheme has trained over five hundred thousand Corps Members in Agro-Allied based skills through SAED programme.

He disclosed that Corps Members would enjoy unhindered access to funds as he enjoined Nigerians to patronize Corps entrepreneurs stating that training, financial empowerment and conducive environment are the necessary prerequisites for business growth.

The YIEDP was designed to complement the NYSC-SAED programme.

While launching the programme, the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said the programme is targeting 10,000 Youths for its pilot case with consideration for ex-corps members with not more than five years post service experience.

He added that the sum of three million naira is available for each beneficiary with 9% interest rate while repayment of the loan would be based on the gestation of such project but added that the collateral is the certificate of National service and the original certificate from the Institution of graduation attended by the loan beneficiary.

Emefiele, who said there are many youths with bright ideas but lack the financial wherewithal to start up added that the CBN would make funds available to support Corps entrepreneurship in Nigeria.
The website to access for the YIEDP is www.yiedp-hbng.com

The Deputy Governor, Economic Policy, Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr (Mrs) Sarah Alade, said about seventy percent of the total population of the country are Youths, hence, the need to introduce them to job creation, boost wealth creation and reduce the increasing rate of unemployment among the Youths.

In his remark, the Chairman, Heritage Bank Plc, Mr Akinsola Akinfemiwa stated that the tripartite agreement is aimed at turning Corps Members with creative ideas to job creators.
“We are looking for game-changers that will break ideas and move this nation forward. We are ready to contribute our quota to the development of this country. You must think and work”. he said.

NYSC Batch ‘A’ Mobilization Exercise Timetable – 2016 [Update]

The 2016 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC Batch ‘A’ Mobilization timetable is out .

The National Service Youth Corps (NYSC) has released the time table for its 2016 batch “A” mobilization exercise.

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2016 Batch A.

S/NO	Event	Date
1	2015 Batch B Post Mobilisation Workshop	19th – 21st November 2015
2	2016 Batch A pre-mobilization workshop.	5th – 9th January 2016
3	Briefing of corps Members/ final year students.	12th – 16th January 2016
4	Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking	11th – 15th January 2016
5	Collation of Prospective Corps Members’ Data by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs	11st – 18th January 2016
6	Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Result for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs	18th – 30th February 2016
7	Uploading of Corrected Lists by Corps Producing Institutions	18th – 30th February 2016
8	On-line Registration by Foreign and locally Trained Nigerian Graduates	8th – 28th February 2016
9	Entertainment of complaints from Prospective Corps Members by the state Deployment and Relocation officers and NYSC Help Lines/Desks	8th – 27th February, 2016
10	Forwarding of Complaints to Mobilisation Dept by State Deployment and Relocation officers	8th – 27th February, 2016
11	Online Delivery of Print-Outs to Corps Producing Institutions	1st – 3rd March, 2016
12	Deployment and Printing of Call-up Letters by ICT Department	21st – 30th March, 2016
13	Notification/On-line Printing of Call-up Letters	24th – 30th March, 2016
14	2016 Batch A Orientation Course (Stream I)	1st April – 20th April, 2016
15	2016 Batch A Orientation Course (Stream II)	27th April – 16th May, 2016

NYSC On-line registration portal will be opened from 8th February to 12th March, 2016.

NYSC Official Updates: Notice to Corps Members

National Youth Service Corps, NYSC notice board

Updates: NYSC 2016 Batch A Stream I Camp Date.

The NYSC 2016 Batch A Stream I Camp date has been shifted to 1st April 2016 instead of 30th March because of public holiday. NYSC management apologises for any inconveniences this may cause to the PCM and the general public. This new change does not affect Stream II.

To 2015 Batch ‘A’ Corps members.

The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn to a statement purportedly issued at the instance of the Director-General that final clearance for 2015 Batch ‘A’ Corps members holds from 15th to 18th March, 2016 after which they are to proceed on a 3-week terminal leave.
Management notes with serious concern that the statement, issued by one Matt Buhari Nzekanze, who claims to be Special Assistant to the DG on publicity, is already being shared among Corps members, especially through WhatsApp.
We wish to warn that the statement is not from the National Youth Service Corps and should, therefore, be disregarded.
For the avoidance of doubt, the said Matt Buhari Nzekanze is not a member of staff of the NYSC, but obviously a mischief maker who is out to create confusion among patriotic and law-abiding members of the service corps.
Management further wishes to inform Corps members of the 2015 Batch ‘A’ that the time-table for their winding-up and passing-out activities will be unveiled at the appropriate time through credible channels.
We, therefore, urge them to remain calm, go about their normal businesses, and await communication from Management on the issue of winding-up/passing-out.

How to Avoid NYSC Hard-To-Rectify Mistakes During Registration

Authority of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) released hard-to-rectify mistakes during registration and how to avoid them during registration:




1. Registration by proxy: affected PCM can not register at camp because the biometrics is not his/hers.




2. Mixed up registration: some cyber cafe operators have the habit of registering more than one persons at a time in one computer by opening 2 or more tabs on the same browser. This causes mix-up in the PCMs information which is hard to rectify.

We advise you to sit with the person registering you and make sure he doesn’t register another person at same time he registers u. When you want go somewhere before he finishes with u, tell him to log you out before he starts with somebody.



3. Don’t allow cafe operator to use his email address for you. If you don’t have email, let him create one for you and make sure he gives you the details…email address and the password. Keep them safe because you need them.



4. For married women, make sure you go with your marital documents, choose married online and upload them during registration. In the column to input your spouse surname, make sure you put the correct surname you are using after marriage.



5. For sick person, make sure you indicate it and the type of sickness, also provide all other details and upload medical report .



6. For millitary and SSS, make sure you indicate and provide all other relevant info and upload the required documents.



7. If you are a foreign trained graduate, make sure you read the registration requirements at
nysc.gov.ng and upload all required documents. Try to log into your account time to time for information asking you to update some of your documents. Failure to do so may lead you not mobilised eventually.

NYSC Batch ‘A’ Corps Online Registration Details – 2016

This is to inform all prospective corps members, i.e. Nigerians who have graduated from Universities and Mono/Polytechnics both at home and abroad that the NYSC On-line registration portal will be opened from 8th February to 12th March, 2016 to enable them register for the 2016 Batch ‘A’ mobilization.
In order to ensure a seamless registration, prospective corps members are to note the following for strict compliance:

• The Website address is any of the following:
  • www.nysc.gov.ng
  • www.nysc.org.ng
  • www.portal.nysc.gov.ng
• Prospective Corps members should ensure that they have valid and functional e-mail addresses that they can access and Nigerian (GSM) telephone numbers with which to register.
• Locally trained prospective Corps members are expected to use correct JAMB and Matriculation numbers to register
• For locally-trained graduates, only those whose names appear in the Senate/Academic Board Approved Result lists submitted by their Institutions will have access to the register on the NYSC portal.
• Foreign-trained prospective corps members should ensure that their Institutions are accredited. Where in doubt, it is their responsibility to approach Federal Ministry of Education for verification. The letter of verification must be uploaded during registration.
• Foreign-trained graduates from Ghana and Benin Republic must obtain letters of verification and upload same for mobilisation to be effective.
• Those who graduated from Institutions outside Nigeria, (Foreign-trained graduates), are to visit the NYSC portal, register and upload the following documents:
  • West African School Certificate(WASC) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent,
  • General Certificate of Education (GCE O’ Level) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent,
  • NECO (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or its equivalent
  • High School Diploma or its equivalent.
  • First Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) Certificate (Second Degree or Ph.D not necessary). Letter of attestation will not be accepted, Please.
  • Transcript of the first Degree or HND.
  • International travelling Passport showing data page and date of departure for the course of study. (Please note that you must present the originals of the above during verification at the Orientation camp).
  • Letters of verification for graduates of Institutions in Ghana, Benin Republic and any other Institution whose accreditation is in doubt.
• It is the responsibility of the prospective corps members who studied in non-English speaking countries to get their Certificates and Transcripts translated into English language before uploading.
• All graduates of Medicine, Pharmacy and Medical Laboratory Science are expected to have their Certificates of Registration with Nigerian Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (NMDCN), Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) and Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria respectively and upload during registration. Payment receipts are not acceptable.
• Unlike in the past, Foreign-trained graduates should not visit NYSC Headquarters, Abuja for verification of their documents. This exercise will now be done at the Orientation Camps. They should simply print their call-up letters on-line and report at the Orientation camps in their States of deployment, but should come to the camp with the original documents uploaded during registration for verification.
• Anybody who presents any fake document will be demobilized and decamped. Also, anybody not available in camp for the verification will equally be demobilized.
• Prospective corps members should ensure that Passport photographs used meet the following specifications:
  • Ensure your face (eyes, nose, ears, mouth and jaw) is fully shown without bending
  • Ensure the picture is centralized and fills the frame
  • Ensure the Photo background is white or off-white with no shadow.
• On no account should prospective corps members register by PROXY. They should also remember the finger used for their biometric capturing as this will be used for data verification at the orientation camp. Those who cannot be verified with their biometric at the orientation camp will not be registered.
• Only prospective corps members who want their call-up numbers sent to them through SMS and wish to PRINT their call-up letters on-line are expected to pay the sum of Three Thousand Naira (N3,000.00) (see NYSC Portal on how to make payment).
• Prospective Corps members who do not want to pay the N3,000.00 have the option of going to their schools to collect their call-up numbers and call-up letters.’
• All prospective corps members who paid for the online registration before but were not mobilized need not pay again.
• Married female prospective corps members (whether locally or foreign-trained) should upload copies of their marriage Certificates, evidence of Change of name and their husbands’ place of domicile during registration.
• The orientation camp is highly not ideal for pregnant and nursing mothers. Prospective corps members in this categoriy are therefore to note that they will not be accommodated.
• Prospective corps members who graduated from Institutions located in the following Geo-Political Zones with challenges related to mobilization should contact the following Telephone Numbers between 8th and 27th February, 2016:

North Central -08092142614
North East – 08102790538
North West – 08092142661
South East -09038034460
South West – 07019190810
South South – 08092142616
All Part-time graduates are expected to register online and wait for collection of their Letter of Exclusion at their various Institutions. For those willing to print the Letter of Exclusion online, this can be done on payment of Three Thousand Naira (N3, 000.00) only.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE THE PORTAL IS CLOSED ON SUNDAY, 28TH FEBRUARY 2016, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER REGISTRATION.