The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi, has appeared before a House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions investigative public hearing to answer questions on the four thousand Naira online registration fee being paid by prospective corps members.

The NYSC was dragged to the House of Representatives by the Uzor Azubuike-led Say No Campaign civil society coalition which protested against the fee.

While responding to the petition, Olawumi, who alluded to the poor welfare of the corp members, disclosed that the federal government has approved N500 as feeding allowance for each corp member per day.

He also disclosed that over N800 million was required to setup the computer registration system the NYSC is presently using for its online registration.

He explained that the fees will service a private sector-driven build, operate and transfer agreement. He said the registration equipment will be installed at NYSC offices nationwide.

He said the process was approved by the Bureau of Public Procurement with a certificate of no objection.

While noting that the N4,000 for the online registration is voluntary, he said rather than request for money to install the infrastructure, he would prefer to canvass for increment of the current N19,800 allowance being paid to prospective Corp members.

In his presentation, Mr. Ezenwa Nwagwu of ‘Say No Campaign’ called for the “reversal of the proposed N4,000 fee payment and where payment has been made, a refund to the prospective Corp members.”

Nwagwu stressed the need to “re-examine the laws establishing the NYSC that seems to have made the Director General of the Corp an exclusive preserve of serving military officers.”

On September 30, federal lawmakers launched an inquest into the controversial N4,000 online registration fee and consequently urged NYSC to suspend the policy.

Hon. Hassan Saleh (Benue/PDP) in lead debates on a motion moved on the matter described the NYSC policy as “insensitive and exploitative”.




Read: www.leadership.ng/news/387950/fg-allocates-n500-daily-feeding-allowance-corp-members-nysc-dg

And so wat, did we beg him to set it up?

Who send am? Mtchewww

Op, can you please post the detailed article here?

So I complained earlier but didn't know this would make FP.

NYSC camp is a "SHOKI" arena.
The Online scheme is flawed so many prospective Corps members are having issues.Plus there is no way on earth a simple website with a Database will cost 800 Million naira. Impossible!!! What kind of system will they install in offices nationwide if prospective corps members already registered this time without it!!!

Can you imagine the lies from pit of hell these people are pedlling? 800 million for a data centre Sidmach already has? What's so special about the registration they are doing. ? So building a website that connects to a database and implementing a paymemt processor cost as much as that?


These people must think everyone out there is just as dumb as them.

yokiti:
Op, can you please post the detailed article here?

Done.

President Jonathan : 1 Billion Naira food in Aso rock.
Fayemi: 50 Million Naira bed in Ekiti Governor's lodge
Amaechi: I spent over 1 Billion Naira to fight Ebola in River state.
NYSC DG: 800 Million Naira for computer registration System.
All this money you are quoting; dairis God oooo.
For now, that is only what I can say.
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Nigeria my country; what is the way forward?

yokiti:
President Jonathan : 1 Billion Naira food in Aso rock.
Fayemi: 50 Million Naira bed in Ekiti Governor's lodge
Amaechi: I spent over 1 Billion Naira to fight Ebola in River state.
NYSC DG: 800 Million Naira for computer registration System.
All this money you are quoting; dairis God oooo.
For now, that is only what I can say.

yokiti:
President Jonathan : 1 Billion Naira food in Aso rock.
Fayemi: 50 Million Naira bed in Ekiti Governor's lodge
Amaechi: I spent over 1 Billion Naira to fight Ebola in River state.
NYSC DG: 800 Million Naira for computer registration System.
All this money you are quoting; dairis God oooo.
For now, that is only what I can say.
.
Nigeria my country; what is the way forward?

And corpers while serving their country diligently would receive N19,800 monthly allowance minus N4000 for registration plus N500 feeding allowance.

Truly there was a country

Story for d gods!

CrazyMan:

And corpers while serving their country diligently would receive N19,800 monthly allowance minus N4000 for registration plus N500 feeding allowance.

Truly there was a country

My oga, the situation for this country tire persin o.
Na obodo naija monkey dey work and baboon dey chop.
Indeed, "there was a country" as no other word captures the situation better.

Chai! The portal must be made of real 24 karat gold.

mods una they try me o!

This people lying to us, knowing we know they're lying but still keep lying cause we can't do anything about their lying.

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This was my initial post on behalf of someone.
From this experience my advice is to ignore the Online thing until you've done your manual registration / Mobilisation with your school first before going online.
"Please someone should beg NYSC to please mobilise me for this November batch!!! I am a victim of the so called online system, because NYSC informed us to register online which I did since early september, only to receive a text saying I have incomplete DATA, after much enquiry I was told that NYSC sent the list of those that enrolled online to the school for confirmation after the mobilisation window had closed, this has affected a lot of us especially Doctors and Lawyers. Please help me to put pressure on the DG to mobilise us for this November batch. Next year March is too far after suffering for close to 10 years in school and writing exams. Please!!!".

Pressing issue for a while now. Just blot the gaddem scheme out for Christ's sake. Give out the 12 months equivalent of the alawee after the camping exercise. Take the money shayo or make you invest am no be anybody wahala.

OK ooo. Keep looting.

800million to set up an online reg system....This man needs to be probed...
I remember the other sports director who spent millions to create a Facebook page for his portfolio...

800 million!!! THATS A BLOODY LIE!!!

800 million, just set up online registration...whao that almost a billion...

If NYSC could use that amount to set up online registration, I guess the owner of Nairaland is using triple of that to maintain nairaland...

Well in naija everything is possible...SMH

Nigeria government are beginining to think all Nigerians are dumb like them.. How much seun use to start nairaland,,e pass 50000 Naira??

Story to d gods,refund money in Nigeria? Dat even remind me, wat of d Nigeria Immigration #1000? FG (PDP)stealing since 1999,Lets try APC joor,but not GBM or Atiku, we want Tambowal/Fashola ticket.

And it gets even worse!! Admitting to theft in broad day light!! Next thing, Jonathan will slam him with a hefty national Honour!!! Maybe GCON!!

These man has no conscience.
How can you blow a lie as huge as this without thinking. even unborn babies wont believe this shii.

story...
Na today we just dey hear am?

The kain wide-eye big big lies that are being blown these days ehnn!

"While noting that the N4,000 for the online registration is voluntary, he said rather than request for money to install the infrastructure, he would prefer to canvass for increment of the current N19,800 allowance being paid to prospective Corp members."

Canvassing for both would have killed the economy, innit?