House of Rep Suspends NYSC N4000 Fee
The House of Representatives Tuesday directed the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to suspend forthwith its policy requiring prospective corps members to pay N4,000 as registration fee before accessing their call-up letters.
Prompted by a motion sponsored by Hon. Hassan Saleh (PDP, Benue), it also instituted a probe into the alleged fee
This is as the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Centre (NFIC) bill passed third reading on the floor of the House.
According to Saleh (PDP, Benue), the “recent advertorials in some national newspapers that with effect from 2015, corps members will be required to register online with a fee of N4,000 to be able to access their call-up letters as an alternative to their having to go to their various schools to collect the letters.”
He said “as laudable as the idea of sending call-up letters though the internet may be, the decision requiring fresh graduates to cough out N4,000 to access letters appears insensitive and exploitative.”
Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha, upon a petition by Hon. Uzo Azubuike (PDP, Abia) that the public petitions’ committee he chairs was already working on the matter, ruled that committee on youth development and the sponsor of the motion be invited to be part of the panel that will conduct a session on the matter.
I’m happy about the suspension of this #4000. It has been a problem to me as i’m about to be mobilized. After much expenses throughout sch yrs, most students see to it as finally over haven been cleared from sch then another sudden expense of #4000 just for call up letter! The money is definitely too much for us. The govt can help us with a favourable alternative: making it free, paying for us, using of online registration print out in place of call up letter etc. Thanks
Dat is good to hear, pls i don no wht us to do
It just doesn’t make sense because after printing out call up letter online, one still needs to go to school to get his/her statement of result. So, they should sort that out too.
So wat will happen to those who paid already?
Please what are they doing about the invalid jamb reg number, the nysc registration is closing on the 12th of october.
Pls, what can I do about the invalid jamb registration number?