N4000 Online Call Up Letter 'Trap' ...And Mobilisation Schedule

A lot has been said about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)'s decision to give prospective corps members access to their call up letters online, after paying a compulsory N4,000 fee

Dissent against the decision came from all quarters, including the House of Representatives, the National Association of Polytechnics Students (NAPS) and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

After much public complaint, the lawmakers said thought the idea is laudable, "the decision requiring fresh graduates to cough out N4,000 to access letters appears insensitive and exploitative."

But is seems the NYSC has forged ahead with the plan.

An article on its website still reads states that "with effect from 2014 Batch ‘C’ mobilisation exercise, mobilisation processes will be online" and indicated that "online registration for NYSC 2014 Batch ‘C’ service will commence on the 20th August 2014 and end on 12th October 2014."

It is however important to note that it is still optional, but the corp adds that "with effect from 2015 Batch ‘A’ all prospective Corps members have to print their Call-up letters online."

There seems to be problems already, going by an announcement by the Corps published in some online platforms:

“The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) wishes to inform all 2014 batch C prospective corps members especially those who are yet to receive/see their call-up numbers that:

Going by item 3, it means that prospective corp members may have to still return to their schools to ensure that their data are presented to the NYSC, correctly, or risk being pushed to future batches.

This is a 'trap' that can be used to excuse a lot of inept people's actions.

If registration will be done online and paid for, then the NYSC should find a way of ensuring that the institutions follow time table and submit correct data.

Telling the prospective corp members that "You wait till next batch" is not fair.

It is unacceptable.

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2014 Batch C: