NYSC releases timetable, requirements for Batch B orientation course

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released the date for the Batch B stream 1 orientation course across the 36 states of the country and Abuja.

In a statement obtained by NAIJ, the organisation said the course is scheduled to commence in all the NYSC orientation camps nationwide. It gave details:

1. Commencement of Registration: Tuesday 21st November, 2017

2. Cut-off date for Registration: 12 midnight, Wednesday, 22nd November, 2017

3. Swearing-In Ceremony: Thursday,23rd November,2017

4. Official Closing Ceremony: Monday, 11th December, 2017

The statement asked all prospective corps members slated for the 2017 Batch ‘B’ stream I orientation course to proceed to their respective camps as stated on their call-up letters.

“Foreign-trained graduates are to report to the camp with their travelling passport for Identification as well as their transcript for verification.

“In the event of any loss of call-up letter, the member who collected the call-up letter from his/her institution is advised to obtain police report and sworn affidavit and thereafter, report to the Institution of graduation for further necessary action.

“Those who initially printed their call-up letters on-line can re-print the call-up letter as many times as they want in the case of loss,” the statement said.

The NYSC management also released requirements for registration of prospective corps members as follow:

1. Original call-up letter or call-up letter printed on-line

2. Statement of result endorsed by authorized officer with authentic signature.

3. School identity card, including travelling passport for foreign-trained graduates.

4. Medical doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists and optometrists are to produce evidence of registration with their professional bodies.

5. Prospective corps members should go to camp with functional account number and bank verification number (BVN) to facilitate online payment of entitlements.

6. In addition, each prospective corps member MUST present certificate of fitness from a government or military hospital showing his/her health status before he/she will be registered and admitted for the orientation course.

We earlier reported the National Youths Service Corps as saying it experienced a system failure in the payments of allowances to corps members.

Some corps members who started receiving their monthly stipends were surprised when they got multiple credit alerts – some up to four times – for October payment.

Some of those who passed out last Thursday, November 2, got as much as N164,000 instead of the usual N41,000, while others who are still serving received as much as N79,200, instead of 19,800.