The National Youth Service Corps has called on all the corps members across the country to always add value to their host communities through impactful community development projects. The NYSC Director-General, Yushau Ahmed, stated this in Bauchi, today during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘C’ stream I orientation exercise at the state’s permanent…
The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has admonished Corps members to avoid every act of criminality during their service year. He cautioned that the Scheme is not an abode for criminal elements but for individuals of good morals who are ready to contribute their quota to the development of…
The National Youth Service Corps has announced that change of name will no longer be a requirement for married female corps members seeking redeployment. This is contained in a circular signed by the service’s Director Corps Mobilisation, Abubakar Mohammed, and issued to directors, Ag. Directors State and Federal Capital Territory, FCT Coordinators. The circular titled,…
The Management of the National Youth Service Corps has insisted that the increase of corps members’ allowance, following the approval of a new minimum wage of N70,000 for workers, will be determined by the Federal Government. The acting Director of the Information and Public Relations unit of the NYSC, Caroline Embu, made this known to…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has denied reports that it refused to register Science and Laboratory Technology, SLT, graduates at its Gombe State orientation camp. The reports alleged that polytechnic graduates, who studied SLT, were denied access for not having professional certificates from the National Institute for Science Laboratory Technology, NISLT. The state NYSC…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the relocation of the orientation camp for the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream II corps members to Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere, in Bauchi State. This was contained in a statement by the NYSC coordinator in the state, Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, in Bauchi on Monday. She…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has maintained that its directive on the suspension of biometric clearance and Community Development Services (CDS) still subsists. This is against a circular making the rounds on social media purportedly signed by the NYSC Director General. The Scheme said the directory in circulation was a ruse which only existed…
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has reacted to a report making the rounds on social media that corps members’ bank accounts are being upgraded to accommodate the new N70, 000 minimum wage. In a statement signed by Eddy Megwa, Director, Information and Public Relations of NYSC, the Scheme described the story as misleading. The…
By Oluwabusayo Oyinloye Members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have been encouraged on the importance of hard work and dedication in their respective place of primary assignments. The advice came as Batch B, Stream 2 set of corps members rounded-off their service year in Oyo State. The General Manager of Pensioners’ FM, Dr. Babatunde…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the National Youth Service Corps Scheme, NYSC, not to discriminate against students who completed their National Diploma, ND, under the Daily Part Time Programmes, DPP, and who then went for their Higher National Diploma, HND, full time from being mobilised for the mandatory one-year service….