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Nysc Insists On Deployment To Four Key Areas: Do Not Cry by jendy36(m): 4:33pm On Jul 30, 2014
In what seems like another sad news for
prospective 2014 Batch ‘B’ corps members, the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has dashed
the hopes of several corps members intending to
spend their one-year compulsory service to their
fatherland at various multinational companies, such
as Chevron Nigeria Limited, Shell Nigeria, Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Zenith
Bank Plc among others.
Ahead of the August 5 commencement of
orientation programme/camping for prospective
corps members, the NYSC has reiterated its
position that corps members will still be posted to
four key areas of agriculture, education, health and
rural infrastructure development until the scheme
states otherwise.
Speaking at the pre-mobilisation briefing for Batch
‘B’ corps members of the Lagos State University
(LASU), Ojo, last Thursday, the Head, Skills
Acquisition and Entrepreneurial Development
(SAED) NYSC, Lagos State, Mrs. Rachael Idaewor
advised corps members to be wary of dubious
individuals with sugar-coated tongues who usually
swindle unsuspecting corps members into paying
huge sums of money, promising to get them
deployed to multinational companies.
Get ready to teach:
Idaewor and her team who took pains to enlighten
prospective corps members on the dos and dont’s
expected of them during their service year,
however, stated that most of them will be deployed
to schools across the country to teach.
She said: “The NYSC is taking pains to talk to you
before you proceed to your various orientation
camps and places of primary assignments,
because there is no room for ignorance or
mistakes in the scheme. More recently, we have
decided to come to you before you depart so that
we can acquaint you with the nitty-gritty required
of you and you will also give us feedback of what
you expect of us.
“This pre-mobilisation briefing is an integral part
of the scheme. Have you ever pondered on the
essence of the scheme? The scheme came about
in 1973, to put things right, because there was
widespread apathy and distrust among the ethnic
nationalities, emanating from the civil war that
ended in 1970. The scheme was established and
poised to bring youths of various ethnic
nationalities together in order to bridge the distrust
obviously seen among them.
“Thus, among other things, the scheme is poised
to inculcate discipline, promote national unity,
encourage self reliance, remove prejudices, apathy
among ethnic nationalities and encourage mobility
of labour. The NYSC has achieved these to a large
extent, even as it has encouraged cross-marriages
and inter-tribal bonds in the country.”
The SAED boss added: “I am saying it
authoritatively that most of you in this batch will
end up in the classroom. Most of you will teach, so
don’t be deceived by dubious elements who ask
you to pay money to get deployed to multinational
companies such as Chevron Nigeria Limited, Shell
Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC), Zenith Bank Plc among others.”
NYSC materials not for sale:
Speaking further, she warned that corps members
must desist from buying NYSC apparels. “Anything
that deals with NYSC badge and logo, such as the
khaki suit, crested vest, belt, waist pouch among
others, are not for sale. The scheme has provided
enough stock for you, so don’t allow anybody
deceive you. Don’t buy any of these from anybody
because we will seize them when we get them on
you in camps.”
No room for mistakes:
Noting that the essence of the NYSC orientation
camping was to acquaint corps members on the
cultural and socio-political way of life of the people
within their place of primary assignment, Idaewor,
however, warned corps members to meticulously
read through their call-up letters for the rules and
regulations governing their various camps, adding
that there is no room for mistakes in the camps.
“In the camp, no room for mistakes, so ensure you
meticulously go through the NYSC call-up letters
that will be given to you by your school
authorities. When you come into camp, you will be
given a unique code number, which you are going
to use throughout your service year. This number
is even more important to you than your name. It
is what we will use in identifying you throughout
your one-year compulsory service to your
fatherland.
“Also, you must be told that life in the camp is
regimented. In the camps, you don’t do what you
like at any point in time. NYSC decides when you
wake up and we decide when you sleep,” she said
to loud protests from prospective corps members
numbering over 4, 000.
Adding: “To be allowed at various camps, corps
members must present original copies of their
call-up letters; statement of results issued them by
their institutions, eight recent passport
photographs and a valid means of identification
issued by their schools.
Missing call-up letter:
“Should a corps member misplace his or her call-
up letter, such person must go to a nearby police
station to obtain a police report; go to court to get
a sworn affidavit informing the general public that
your call-up letter is missing; then go back to
your school and write the appropriate quarters,
informing them that your call-up letter is missing
and that you have attached a police report and a
sworn affidavit,then will your school initiate a re-
validation to the NYSC for you to be re-mobilised
for the next batch in November 2014.”
70-yr-old must serve:
On those qualified for the one-year service to their
fatherland, Idaewor said: “To be qualified to serve,
one must be a Nigerian; must not have clocked 30
years upon the year of graduation and must have
bagged a B.A, Bsc or HND from tertiary institutions
in Nigeria or abroad. Although, before 1977 and
1985, these barriers were not there.”
Pointing out that anybody who meets these
requirements must serve no matter the age, she
said: “You must serve your fatherland even at 70.
We had a situation in Lagos where a son and father
served together because the father went abroad for
his master’s without serving. After he had settled
abroad and established a family, he came back
home to venture into politics. But knowing full well
that the NYSC Certificate of Service is one of the
pre-requisites needed to contest elections, the
man, who had clocked 70 was compelled by the
scheme to serve alongside the son.
“Also, any break in service is regarded as an
abscondment by the NYSC and such an individual
will be made to repeat the service year. However,
only graduates of Medicine can defer their service
to enable them go for housemanship.”
Exemptions:
However, the SAED head said those exempted from
serving are “graduates who are recipients of
national honours; those who have served in the
police, Navy, Army, Airforce for over nine months
and those who have crossed 30 years,” adding that
“you are not qualified for exemption having served
in para-military agencies like the Federal Road
Safety Corps (FRSC), Nigerian Customs Service
(NCS), Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) among
others.”
She stated that graduates of part-time, sandwich,
distant learning programmes and professional
courses run by professional bodies like Institute of
Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Nigerian
Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) are
excluded from serving according to the NYSC
Decree 51 of 1993, now an Act of the National
Assembly. She, however, said pregnant and
nursing mothers deployed out of the state where
their husbands are domiciled can go back home
after due registration at their place of posting
Re: Nysc Insists On Deployment To Four Key Areas: Do Not Cry by nnomy3: 6:20pm On Jul 30, 2014
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Re: Nysc Insists On Deployment To Four Key Areas: Do Not Cry by JideTheBlogger(m): 9:11am On Jul 31, 2014
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