Hearty congratulations to the 19B Ex-Corps Members who successfully passed out from this great scheme called NYSC. It is a stepping stone to the future that awaits them. While some dutifully served their Father land, others didn’t take the oath they swore so seriously
This post is to keep you updated on the happenings after the passing out of 2019 Batch B Stream 1 corps members. The NYSC scheme have laws and ethics by which they stand. There are laws guiding the Scheme and if flouted by any member, such person(s) would be tried by the Corps Disciplinary Committee and upon found guilty, punishment would be meted out accordingly. Also, there are some things you will do during your service year that would earn you award or recognition.
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Any member who is absent for continuous period of 3 months within the service year shall be considered to have absconded and shall be declared a wanted person. The person will have to repeat his or her service year.
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) coordinator in Lagos, Eddy Megwa, says 68 corps members in the 2019 Stream I Batch B would have to repeat their service year in the state. with three corps members distinguishing themselves during the service year. The three would be receiving state merit awards for their outstanding performance in their service year.
Nine corps members in Nasarawa State are to repeat their service for absconding from their places of primary assignment, Mrs Ramatu Sanda.
Five corps members to repeat service year in Ondo State. Akpabio said the two categories of offenders committed violations, which included failure to report for service after documentation, absenteeism, truancy at places of primary assignments and dereliction of duty.
Fifteen corps members of 2019 Batch B Stream ‘1’ who served in Ekiti would have their compulsory one year service repeated, twenty six bagged various extensions, while three were recommended for state award
Ten in Kano State would repeat the compulsory one-year service for absconding from their Places of Primary Assignments.
Meanwhile, in Ogun State, twenty eight errant Corps Members of 2019 Batch B, Stream 1, were sanctioned with extension and remobilisation of service.
In Kebbi State the Coordinator disclosed that eight Corps members had their service year extended while two would repeat the entire service year contravening various rules and regulations of the Scheme.
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On Friday, the 10th of May 2019, the mantle of leadership of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was handed-over to the Nasarawa State-born Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Shuaibu.
Shuaibu, a former Registrar at the Nigerian Army University (NAU), Biu, in Borno State, became the 18th Chief Executive of the Scheme.
I mean, our NYSC, the Scheme that has continuously serve as a veritable tool in fostering national unity and also promoting inter-cultural religious cum cultural harmony, among Nigerian youths. It is now one year since he came on board, but our indefatigable Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Shuaibu has remained committed to the onerous task of piloting the affairs of NYSC as its Director General, in a manner that is so awe-inspiring, dazzling and even mystifying.
He has used his vast administrative prowess and uncommon leadership acumen to facilitate the strengthening of NYSC, the only ‘youths-focused’ institution, with active presence in all 774 local governments in the country. Concerned with the development of the Scheme, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu’s Midas touch has, within a spate of twelve months, impacted positively on key areas of NYSC, especially youths-entrepreneurship.
Immediately after assuming office, he unveiled his policy thrust, aimed at harnessing corps members’ potential for their optimal and personal growth. He has since improved the security of corps members and welfare of staff, while technologically driving the Scheme for effective service-delivery. Thanks to his outstanding leadership, the collaboration existing between NYSC and relevant stakeholders have been strengthened.
We cannot forget so easily how he quickly revived several NYSC ventures and SAED programme. Presently, ‘our’ NYSC is in partnership and synergy with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the International Labor Organizations (ILO), to mention just a few. The synergies are in the areas of health provision, fighting corruption and tackling the menace of fake results possessed by dubious corps members, and also job creation/self-employment.
To make SAED, our ‘darling’ skills acquisition program robust and productive, the DG further collaborated with ILO to empower and create skills centers in all parts of the country. This, perhaps, may have prompted the International Development Research Center (IDRC) of Canada, to commission a research, seeking to evaluate the impact of the SAED programme in the country.
To build a motivated workforce that will help him drive the Scheme’s mandate and also actualize his personal visions for the NYSC, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu has so far ensured that staff are promptly paid their entitlements, emoluments and other allowances.
This is in addition to organizing capacity-building workshops/trainings and regular promotion exercise, also for staff. If anything, the threats on corps members’ lives may soon become a thing of the past, as the DG, who is imbued with deep knowledge of security provision, has introduced a novel policy, due to pervading insecurity across the country. This policy now affords corps members the right of choosing, either to serve or not to serve in the Northeast, while the country continues to find a lasting solution to the menace of insurgency, banditry and other security challenges–for now.
Brig. Gen. Shuaibu, has also created and set up lucrative ventures that will help to generate and boost NYSC’s revenue-generation capacity. They include garment factories, table water production factories, poultry farms, and bakeries, among others.
Across several orientation camps in the country, a first-time visitor will not fail to see the above-mentioned facilities. It is gratifying to note that the revenues generated from these ventures have made NYSC self-reliant, while also tackling the problem of inadequate funding by the Federal Government.
In other words, they have complemented the efforts of FG in funding the scheme. A situation that has not only paved way for an improved capacity to address the need of corps members and staff, but also that of host communities, as well. Though they are not civil servants, but corps members are now almost at par with workers in the country. Small wonder, they are thanking, and at the same time, singing the praises of their charismatic DG, Brig. Gen. Shuiabu, whose ‘labour activism’, perhaps facilitated the payment of N33,000, as their “allawee”, henceforth.
Then, not too long ago, Brig. Gen. Ibrahim also facilitated the securing of an operational license for the Scheme’s proposed radio station. The NYSC radio will greatly serve as a platform for publicizing the laudable activities of the Scheme, while also debunking fake news about issues that have to do with NYSC itself. How about the radio station presenting a unique opportunity for corps members to learn broadcasting skills, particularly those who are graduates of mass communication.
For an administrator per excellence who has continue to redefine leadership in the most exemplary style, one can only imagine how far Brig. Gen. Ibrahim Shuaibu will take NYSC, before his tenure winds up. Admitted, he has carved a niche for himself and also written his name in gold as the 18th NYSC DG, but for sure, he still remain the Scheme’s CEO for now. And if it is the Brig. Gen. Shuaibu, that we all have come to know, he is not yet tired. He will still continue doing the good works he has started in NYSC. He will not relent till he actualizes the dreams of the Scheme’s founding fathers.
May our Good Lord be his strength.
When she graduated from one of the universities in the South-West in 2010 after studying agricultural economics, Oyenike Ojo hoped that she would get a lucrative job immediately after undergoing the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps, a scheme set up by the Federal Government in 1973 to foster development and unity among Nigerians.
Then, after she must have got a job and worked for two years, she also hoped that she would get married – optimistically to a man who is also earning a good income.
However, as the saying goes, “Man proposes, God disposes,” since Ojo completed the NYSC in 2012, she has yet to get her dream job and a man of her dreams.
Instead, she works as a teacher in a private primary school in Ibadan and earns a salary of N15,000, which could barely take care of her personal needs, not to mention caring for her aged parents who depend on her and her two older siblings for survival.
She said, “I applied for jobs almost everywhere, sent my CV to family and friends who asked me to. But there is no job anywhere; that is why I am working temporarily as a teacher earning a meagre salary.
“If someone told me I would end up with a job like this after spending four years at the university and a year plus for a master’s degree, I would probably have cursed them. I have not quit hoping to get a good job, though. I will keep on submitting applications.”
Before she got the teaching job, Ojo, 27, said she enrolled for N-Power – an initiative of the regime of the President, Maj Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd) – which started in 2016 to tackle youth unemployment.
According to the Federal Government, the N-Power is a job creation and empowerment programme of the National Social Investment Programme for young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35.
The programme targeted about 500,000 youths, spread across the 774 local government areas of the country, who were deployed to teach in public schools, act as health workers in primary health centres (as agricultural extension advisors to smallholder farmers in the communities and also as community tax liaison officers.)
Ojo was among the first batch of beneficiaries enrolled for the N-Agro category of the scheme in 2016, earning N30, 000 per month, until July 2019 when she was disengaged from the scheme.
She said, “After my NYSC in 2012, I looked for a job for about two years. When I did not get any, I enrolled for my master’s programme which I completed in 2014. I thought it would boost my employability but I still did not get a job until 2016 when I applied for the N-Power.
“In July 2019, I was disengaged and I looked for another job. When I did not get any, I had to look for a teaching job at a private school. Even getting a teaching job was tedious, but eventually, I got one at a primary school at Akobo (Ibadan). I have intensified my job search, though. I cannot settle for this!”
While Ojo continues to search for her dream job, her current salary can be said to be ridiculously less than half of that of a corps member, who earns N33,000. Her salary is exactly half of the new minimum wage of N30,000, which has yet to be implemented in many states of the federation.READ ALSO: A RECENT iNTERVIEW THE D.G OF NYSC
In January, the Federal Government increased corps members’ monthly allowance from N19,800 to N33,000 – in line with the new minimum wage of N30,000.
This implies that Ojo’s salary is even less than a corps member’s initial allowance (N19,800) before the increment to N33,000.
She said, “I apologise to my parents every month because I can’t take care of them. They sent me to school and I am supposed to be paying back now, but it is quite unfortunate I’m unable to do so now.
“Thankfully, my siblings are better paid where they are working, so my parents get some stipends from them. But as the last child and only female, I ought to also care for my parents while they are still alive. I hope to be able to do that soon.”
But Ojo is not the only graduate earning less than corps members in the country.
Another graduate, Moses Akano, who teaches at a private secondary school in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, said he was earning N25,000 per month, which is N8, 000 less than a corps member’s allowance.
After being posted to one of the riverine communities in the state in 2015 for the NYSC programme and not knowing whether he would get a job if he returned to his home town in Osun State after the programme’s completion, Akano said he had to stay back in Yenagoa after he was offered a job of N25, 000.
However, the 28-year-old said he was doing private tutorials for some secondary school students and through this initiative he had been making extra income.
He said, “I was posted to Oporoma, a community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in 2015 for the NYSC scheme. In 2016 when I completed the programme, I contemplated returning home but, of course, there was no job waiting for me. I got a teaching job here and I stayed back. The pay is low but I do some private teachings to support it.”
Twenty-seven-year old Chika Nwabuikwu, who graduated from a polytechnic in Edo State, said she had to settle for a sales attendant job in Benin City when she couldn’t get her dream job.
She said she had submitted several CVs to companies both within and outside Edo State for the past two years but she had yet to get positive feedback.
Because of this, Nwabuikwu said she had no choice but to take up the sales attendant job, where she was being paid N20,000.
She said, “Life is difficult. Sometimes I ask myself why I went to school to end up with a job that even secondary school leavers could do. It is quite ridiculous and embarrassing. I can’t even take care of myself talk less of catering to the needs of my siblings who look up to me.
“My parents are retired and thank God they earn monthly pensions; if not, I don’t know how I would be able to take care of them at their old age. I am intensifying efforts to get a better job because I feel awkward every morning going to a job that is far below my skill.”
Graduate unemployment in Nigeria
In the Nigerian context, a graduate is someone who has successfully completed their first academic degree in a university approved by the National Universities Commission or a polytechnic approved by the National Board for Technical Education.
As of 2019, there were 170 universities (43 federal, 48 state and 79 private) in the country, according to data from the NUC.
On the other hand, there are 134 polytechnics (29 federal, 48 state and 57 private) in the country, according to data from the NBTE.
By some estimates, these tertiary institutions chunk out around 500,000 graduates every year, to join the labour market where around 25 million graduates are said to be unemployed, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
According to 2018 data from the NBS, graduate unemployment has almost tripled within three years, from 12 per cent in 2015 to 30 per cent in 2018. But the national unemployment rate is around 23 per cent.
The NBS also stated that the number of persons in the labour force had increased from 85.1 million to 90.5 million. Over 9.7 million Nigerians were said to have absolutely done no job within less than a year.
Likewise, in its 2019 report, the International Labour Organisation estimated youth unemployment rate in Nigeria to be around 20 per cent, even though the country has the largest economy in Africa, in addition to high human and natural resources.
“Unemployment in Nigeria is largely attributed to the phenomena of jobless growth, increased number of school graduates with no matching job opportunities, rise in employment in many public and private sector institutions and continued job losses in the manufacturing and oil sectors,” ILO stated.
To tackle youth unemployment in Nigeria, the organisation said emphasis must be placed on entrepreneurship, employability, employment creation and equal opportunities.
Meanwhile, while many Nigerian graduates are unemployed, many are said to be among the underemployed in the country, representing about 20 per cent of the labour force.
Labour that falls under the underemployment classification includes highly skilled workers working in low-paying or low-skill jobs. In this case, an individual is working but not working at their full capability.
A second class upper graduate of Biology, Margaret Ekwealor, works as an attendant at a grocery supermarket in Ikeja, Lagos, earning N30,000 per month, which is also below a corps member’s monthly allowance.
When she deducts about N10,000 from the salary which she spends on transportation, she is left with N20,000. By the time she subtracts other expenses, she is left with nothing at the end of the month.
She said, “The job is just to stay alive, nothing else. If not that I’m living with my parents, probably I would have been depressed. For now, my parents still take care of me. It’s not too good but this is what life has thrown at me now. Actually, I got a teaching job at a private secondary school which offered me N35,000 but I found out I don’t have a passion for teaching. For now, I’m managing with the sales attendant job.”
Also, Folahan Gbadebo, who graduated from one of the federal polytechnics in the country studying mechanical engineering, teaches physics and mathematics at a private secondary school in Osun State, earning a paltry salary of N15,000, an amount less than half of a corps member’s salary.
He said, “I tried so hard to get a job. I have written several application letters and submitted CVs to many companies across the country but I’ve got no response yet.
“I was jobless for almost four years before I got the teaching job. The income is ridiculously low but I have to cater to my needs. I’m into farming as a side hustle and I hope it will be my main hustle later.”
Also, a graduate of accounting, Kabiru Lawal, works as a marketer in a Lagos firm and earns N30,000 monthly, an amount he said could barely sustain him.
The father of one lamented that despite applying for several job recruitments, his application had yet to be successful in any.
He said, “To get a job in this country is not easy at all. In fact, everything seems to be hard in Nigeria. To get university admission was a struggle for me; now finishing the university and not getting a good job is another struggle.
“That was why I jumped at the marketing job I’m doing currently. It’s not easy but I’m doing it just to stay alive. Thankfully, my wife works as a teacher in a private school and supports with her income. It wouldn’t have been easy to fend for her and our three-year-old son.”
The story of a biochemistry graduate and hotel attendant in the Egbeda area of Lagos, Adedolapo Salam, was not different from others.
After graduating from one of the universities in Kwara State and completing the NYSC scheme with no job, she said she had to take up a hotel attendant job for the time being, adding that she was being paid N30, 000.
She said, “I’m doing the job not to stay idle. Sometimes I sit down and ponder what is going wrong. I mean, for the past two years, I’ve been looking for a better job but I have got none.
“Right now, hotels are shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, so no income is coming in. I have just been barely surviving. However, I thank God that I get some stipends from my elder siblings. If not for that, I would have been totally broke.”
Another graduate, Paul Ogboike, said he lost a N120,000 monthly salary job in 2016 and since then couldn’t find another one.
To make ends meet, he said he had to take up a marketing job in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in 2018, earning less than N30,000 per month.
He said, “Initially, I was not going to take up any job less than N100,000. I thought to myself, ‘How could I lose a job of N120,000 and then take up one less than N100,000?’
“Could you imagine I once got a job of N50, 000 but I turned it down because I felt it was not up to my standard? But as time went on and no other job was forthcoming, I became desperate. I now work as a marketer with a monthly pay of N30,000. It’s ridiculous but I need to stay alive as I hope for better things to come.”
Since graduating from the polytechnic three years ago studying insurance, Aisha Madaki, who lives in Bauchi State, said she had been earning N20,000 per month working as an attendant at a restaurant.
She said, “The work is strenuous and the pay is not encouraging but where is the job? I once got employed by an insurance company and they branded me a marketing executive. I was happy as I just completed NYSC programme and I thought it was a great offer.
“I didn’t know the word ‘executive’ added no meaning to my title. I thought the pay was big and I would be chauffeur-driven like a real executive. We even did thanksgiving in my home when I was given the employment.
“But behold, when I resumed at the job, I was placed on commission. I and my colleagues walked several miles per day under the hot sun looking for clients. But I never got any. I quit after two or three months when life was taking its toll on me. Later, I got a job as a waitress at a restaurant. But the pay is low.”
Also, Vincent Nwosu couldn’t get a job with his bachelor’s degree in physics, so he took up a security job at a private firm in Enugu, earning N20,000 monthly.
“What have I got to do when I searched everywhere for a job but got none? I had to take up the N20,000 job but I know this is not my final destination. I will keep searching for a better job and I know it will come,” he said.
Boosting Employment and Employability skills
Although successive governments in Nigeria have always promised to create jobs, human resource experts believed it was not the job of the government alone to create the number of jobs that graduates needed, hence the need for the government to create the right policies and environment for the private sector to thrive.
An analyst with an investment firm at Victoria Island, Lagos, Mr Tope Oni, said most private companies that paid low income to graduates usually did so because of the huge running costs they incurred, hence the need for them to cut other expenses like salaries.
He said, “I know companies that spend millions of naira on fuel expenses alone for generators per month. Imagine if these expenses were not incurred if the government was providing regular electricity, the companies would be able to pay their staff better.
“For some other companies like food and haulage companies, the cost of transportation is on the high side. These are all expenses that contribute to many companies’ inability to pay graduates and other low-skill workers good salaries.
“For the story to change, most of the solutions still lie in the government’s hands. There must be improved infrastructure, especially electricity and transportation network. If only these two are well taken care of, I can assure you that many companies will be able to pay their workers better salaries.”
Meanwhile, as the job market is saturated, a Lagos-based career coach, Dr Jadesola Bamidele, said getting a dream job was no longer served on a silver platter.
She, therefore, encouraged graduates to boost their employability skills to secure their dream jobs.
She said, “It’s no longer enough to graduate with a first class or second class upper or whatever and think employers will be wooing you. If a graduate is unable to demonstrate that they have the skills and abilities employers are looking for, then they will keep complaining of not getting a good job.
“The game has changed and a graduate really needs to go the extra mile, no matter what qualification they have, to have their dream job. For instance, one will be shocked to see a graduate who can’t write in English correctly. I’ve seen this on many occasions. Could you employ such a graduate in a media company, especially print? No one would, even if the graduate studied mass communication in a reputable institution and had a good grade.
“These are the issues. There is unemployment so there is fierce competition out there. It’s only graduates who have something fantastic to bring to the table that would be employed.”
A human resource professional, Mrs Joyce Ugochukwu, also noted that employers wanted graduates with a variety of well-honed life skills, adding that getting the job done was no longer a skill.
“Employers want graduates who can take initiative and develop innovative ideas. Having a good attitude, working hard and smart and staying enthusiastic are some of the things any graduate would need to compete well in the labour market,” she said.
Similarly, HR professional and career coach, Dr Eric Babatunde, said graduates needed 21st-century skills to be successful in today’s job market.
He said, “It’s no longer just about having a good grade and graduating from a reputable school. Today, the skills needed to be successful while job-hunting include ability to think critically and creatively; collaborate, communicate and lead.
“Other required skills are information technology and media literacy. Some graduates can’t even write a good CV. Some make unprofessional mistakes on their CVs like misspelling their institutions. These are some of the areas any graduate should pay attention to, to get a good job. The job market is competitive. Only great people get the best offers.”
By Jesusegun Alagbe
Facts about NYSC you don’t know is a list of some satisfying facts about the National Youth Service Corps you probably did not know before. The NYSC programme has been around for a while and am sure there are more interesting facts about this scheme that you might not of. The purpose of this list is to reveal to you those facts.
So either you are an Ex-corper, a serving Corper or a Prospective Corps members, these facts will really satisfy you. Below are top Facts About NYSC You Don’t know. Read also: How to Exempt Yourself from the Stressfull camp Parade
1. The NYSC Scheme Started in May 22, 1973.
Am sure most people already know this one. The NYSC scheme evolved in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war.
The unfortunate antecedents in our national history gave impetus to the establishment of the National Youth Service Corps by decree No.24 of 22nd May 1973 which stated that the NYSC is being established “with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria and the promotion of national unity”.
2. The First Batch of Corp Members.
On June 2nd, 1973, The first batch of NYSC in history mobilization kicked off. The total number of 2,364 corps members from the then existing Nigerian Universities reported for national service. They were the First batch of NYSC Corps members to be called up in history.
3. NYSC Anthem Music Was Composed By Frederick Nwosu
You remember the interesting short and popular NYSC Anthem? Let me quickly sing it for you.
Youths Obey the clarion call
Let us lift our nation high
Under the sun or in the rain
With dedication and selflessness
Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve
In 1983, while serving in Ibadan, Frederick Nwosu took part in a nation-wide competition to find an anthem for the NYSC. While his friend won the lyrics composition, Nwosu’s composition won the first position in the music composition that is now the NYSC Anthem.
On his award recognition night, he got an invitation to Sheraton Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos where Alhaji Bunu Sherif Musa read his citation and shook his hands. Though, money was not given to him, Nwosu considered the brief handshake a very big deal after all “You know that everything is not money” Read Also: Corps Members That Are Making Difference
4. The First NYSC Allowance
In June 4, 1973, The (National) directorate of the NYSC was inaugurated by General Gowon. Allowances were set as follows:
- N160 naira monthly stipend
- N60 naira per annum transport allowance
One naira per day subsidy on feeding, as well as the cost of transporting to and from place of domicile.
You will be laughing out loud at N160 as allowance. My dear reader, that was when naira was valuable and things were down to the ground cheap
5. Students Demonstrated Against the NYSC Scheme
The scrapping of NYSC idea that people carry around these days has been around from the birth of NYSC. In 1973, as a result of the introduction of the national Youth services corps (NYSC) scheme, students of all the Universities flocked into the streets to demonstrate against the government. These events were followed by the destruction of public property and the closure of all the Universities.
7. The First Corps Member Involved in a Fatal Accident.
On August 28, 1973, Mr. I.U. Itan , from Obudu, Cross River State was the first corp member to be involved in a fatal accident that occurred in Maiduguri. That was the first fatal accident in the history of National Youth Service Corps scheme. Read also: getting a good ppa after anysc orientation camp
8. National Director Changed to Director-General.
In 1993, The 1973 decree establishing the NYSC was scrapped by the promugation of Decree No.51 of 1993. The nomenclature of the National Director is changed to Director-General. The NYSC DG title came around in 1993. Col. Almadu Adah Ali, in 1973, was selected to become the first National director of the National Youth Service Corps.
9. NYSC Allowance From N9,775 to N19,800
The President and Commander-in-chief Goodluck Jonathan graciously approved the increment of the National Youth Service Corps allowance from N9,775 to N19,800 with immediate effect from March 2011. Thank God I was still in Secondary school Level back then. Read also : NYSC Didnt Suspend Allowance For April And May
10. Greatest Amount Of Fake Corpers Members in history Was 2006
A total of 400 fake graduates names were found on the NYSC mobilization list on October, 2006. One of the reason why this got on this list of top 10 Chilling Facts About NYSC You Don’t know is because these fake 400 graduates were mobilized by Benue Polytechnic and University of Nigeria Enugu campus alone. Two higher institutions mobilized 400 fake graduates to participate in NYSC. The list was discovered and proper warning was given to prevent future occurrences.
1. Lagos State
Lagos State is one of the best states for NYSC in Nigeria with a lot of good things and opportunities. This state can really be a life changer if you are not carried away by the too many fun.
Lagos State will make you happy at the end of every month with #15, 000 if you got posted to a public school in lagos state. If the NYSC post you to a Ministry, you are very lucky, you will be paid 10,000 naira, Some private schools and organizations in Lagos will pay you well even if you are not serving in a the state establishment.
2. Akwa Ibom State
Akwa Ibom is not only known to have beautiful girls and opportunities alone, but the state is also one of the highest paying. This state will pay you as a Corper 10, 000 at the end of every month. If you could spend all your allowance and saving this 10k every month, you will have 100k in 10 months. Wao!
3. Enugu State
Enugu joined the trend a little while ago as they don’t only pay Corpers in the Ministry alone. The Enugu state will pay 1,000 to corps members in the City and pay 4,000 to every Corps in the village . See Also Quantity of Documents to Take To Camp
4. Sokoto State
Another of the top 10 NYSC highest paying states is Sokoto. Although not as much as Lagos or Enugu, they still compensate Corps Members at the end of the month. Sokoto state always pays 9, 000 to Corp members serving at the State Hospital and pay regulars 4, 000. The money is little, but it’s still better.
5. Niger
Niger will pay #6, 000 and its very constant. Ask anyone who served in Niger, they will tell you the place make sense. You say how much is N6,000, I say, if you don’t want, send it to me. I will appreciate you.
6. Ogun State
Welcome to Ogun state, a place where every Corps members go home with #5,000 at the end of each month. If you say it’s too small, please be sending it to me. See also: Corps Members To Await Directives From NYSC Management
7. Osun state
The state of the living spring always pays #5,000 to Corps Members. Apart from 5k mostly, you will get to enjoy the best electricity and low cost of living. I have seen a private firm paying up to 10k monthly.
8. Delta state
Delta state will always pay #5,000 at the end of the month. If you add this to your allowee, it can really do some magic.
9. Ekiti state
Ekiti state also will pay you N5,000 as a token at the end of the month. It might be a small token, but it can still foot some bills.
10. Share your own….
Ex-corpers and serving Corpers can add to the list . If you notice any error in the about very figure or you want to add your own to the list, just let me know in the comment box below.
From the desk of the NYSC Lagos State Coordinator
My Dear Corps Member
Further to the recent scourge of COVID-19 within Lagos and Nigeria at large, I have deemed it absolutely necessary to communicate with you on a number of issues owing to the respective potential roles you will undertake in this Coronavirus Crisis.
Make no mistake by leaving your safe respective residents to risk your health and well-being by going to your PPA, this troubled moment is not the appropriate time for that, the safety and well-being of every corps member remains my utmost priority, .
In view of this, I am therefore instructing all Lagos State Corps Members to stay at home, and will ensure all PPA restrict any NYSC Corp Members from coming to work.
Attention
NYSC officials will be inspecting all companies registered as PPA
Any Corp Member found guilty of flouting this directive will be sanctioned with four (4) months Extension, affected corp member will face the disciplinary committee which may result to termination of his/her service
Adhere strictly to this to avoid being penalized
Thank you.
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In addition to that, Abex Consult want you to remain safe, you are not expected to resume duties in your PPA. Your May clearance will be automatically updated and your allawee will be duly paid.
NYSC will announce when the time comes, stay tuned… Take Responsibility
We are not doing this to demoralize nor to discourage any aspirants, but only to tell what is obtainable in our society.
Before you read this write up, may I quickly tell you that success has nothing to do with polytechnic or university. Some people are dropped out yet they succeed.
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Mr President (Buhari) is an O level holder but number one citizen of Nigeria. Bill Gate dropped out from university yet a world billionaire.
This write up is only for informative purpose and I decided to make it exclusive and comprehensive for proper comprehension and for any derogation.
Note: We are not among those agitating for superiority of institution.
Difference between a university and Polytechnic
The difference between Polytechnic and University are;
1. Organogram
The distinction of university and polytechnic starts from Nigerian educational organogram. Our organogram is as follow;
- Nursery
- Primary (lower basic)
- Secondary (upper basic)
- Secondary (senior class)
- College of Education
- Polytechnic
- University.
The above organogram has already made polytechnic inferior to university. It is this organogram that makes university highest learning institution.
Postgraduate programs (except diploma) are only run in university which means even a rector, despite being head of leadership in polytechnic will need to go to university (highest learning institution) if he/she needs to do any postgraduate program.
That is a slap on the face of polytechnic and makes it not only subordinate to university but inferior. It means after HND, if anyone needs to further then you must go to university.
It is the only institution that has the last stage of academic and professional degree.
2. Requirements
Another area of difference is the prerequisite of the two institutions. Before the amalgamation of the PCE and UME, the two examinations showed clearly the level of the two institutions.
The PCE comprises three subjects, while UME comprises four subjects. This has already put university at the edge of polytechnic.
The number of credit to gain admission to university were five credit passes in five subjects while polytechnic were four credit possess as at that time.
After the amalgamation of the two examinations, the cut off for polytechnic is lower compare to university even as declared by JAMB director.
All these are establishing superiority and put in mind of employers that one is greater than the other.
3. Competency
Even though this is not realistic in all cases, competency can never over stressed. It is an assumption that has become practice in Nigeria labour market.
It is believed that university students are usually brilliant compare to polytechnic students. The reason for this assumption is not however far fetched. Why? Before anybody can be a full lecturer in university, he/she must have master degree.
An HND holder plus PGD could be lecturer in polytechnic. This to Nigeria employers shows the strength of the two graduates.
A university has many doctorate degree holders but we can count the number of doctorate degree holders in any polytechnic.
Immediately a lecturer in polytechnic acquires doctorate degree, he/she departs the system and starts lobbying to become university lecturer.
Also, hardly you can find professor in polytechnic. A professor in polytechnic will likely be in private which means he/she owns the institution.
Ordinary doctorate degree, lecturer will discard polytechnic and get employment in university to attain the level of professor.
Since university has more doctorate degree holders and professors but polytechnic has less or not at all, hence the assumption that he who taught by PhD holders and many professors cannot be compare by student who only taught by Masters degree holder.
Most of these Masters degree holders are also student of Ph.D lecturers. This is not our assumptions but generality of our society. We are not saying they are right, I am only pasting their postulations.
4. Professional and Academic
To further the difference is professionalism and academic nature. The best language to carry many people along is practical and theoretical nature. Polytechnic is considered an institution for professional studies while university is considered an institution for academic study.
The system of polytechnic is believed to be professional (practical) in nature while university learning is base on thesis (theory).
In other word; in company like Unilever, a polytechnic graduate in electrical engineering will be employed as technician to work on machine while university graduate will be employed as someone to formulate the theory; manager.
It is general belief that the polytechnic graduates will be good at work while university graduate will be good at research.
A university graduate will design and polytechnic graduate will carry on the design.
This happens in all manufacturing companies. I have had practical experiences in the following companies;
- Unilever Nig Plc
- Nestle Nig Plc
- Cadbury Nig Plc
- Yale Food Nig Plc, and
- Nigeria Bolting Company 7up.
5. Opportunities
Some job vacancies exclude in entirety HND holders. I can give some links of some websites related to job recruitment where only degree are giving opportunity to apply.
DSS recruitment of 2017 allowed only degree holder to apply but no place for HND holder. The NNPC recruitment of 2019 gave room to only degree holder but scraped HND holder in its recruitment.
The 2020 immigration recruitment gives degree opportunity to apply for superintendent cadre while HND inspectorate cadre (senior inspector).
Though both on level 8, same salary but inspectorate and superintendent cadre are not really equal in activities in that organization.
6. Promotion
HND holders cannot go beyond level 14 in any government parastatal without further his education while degree counterpart can get to last level on the ladder without any additional qualifications
7. Lecturer Ambition
Anyone aspiring to become lecturer has less chance to actualize his/her dream if attended polytechnic. Polytechnic certificate is consider professional but less academic.
Therefore, a graduate from polytechnic is believed to lack more thesis experience that can make him/her fit for lecturing job especially in university.
This is not our assumption but what is obtainable out there. I am not commending it in anyway, I am just stating it for informative purpose.
There are lecturers who are graduates of polytechnic, yes but be truthful to your sincerity what is their percentage to the degree counterpart? Some even go get their degree after PGD and master to do Ph.D
8. Type of Masters
We have two types of Masters degree. Professional Masters and academic Masters. Some universities in Nigeria will not still allow HND to study academic Masters even after his/her PGD.
Example of this is Lagos State University. An HND holder plus PGD in mass communication cannot study Msc (academic master) in Mass Communication in LASU.
Instead, he/she will be subjected to study MCS Masters of communication studies, a professional master while Masters of Mass Communication is an academic master.
NOTE: Nigeria government for decade had tried to bridge the gab but it is a bit cumbersome to get it done.
Despite the several announcements of equation of both certificates, it is more a paper work than practical as it doesn’t practice in anyway absoluteness.
Why HND and Degree is not allow to apply for superintendent cadre in ongoing recruitment if both certificate equal and consider same.
Always remember, we are not faulting or derogating polytechnic. I am just giving information. However, I must say this; Nigeria Customs Requirement last year 2019 allowed both certificates to apply for same position; superintendent cadre.
Let me reiterate this emphatically that; certificate is not success and never criteria to determine it. My humble self talking here had worked under a boss who is an ND and even have we Masters degree holder under him.
I had also interviewed people and prefer ND holder to a Bsc holder. I had worked with a boss studied in one of the best universities abroad yet no nothing in profession he claimed he to be specialized.
No one should feel inferior for going to polytechnic, it is your worth that will prove you at the end. Just develop yourself academically and make sure you can even go beyond ordinary defense of your certificate.
The attention of Management of the National Youth Service Corps has been drawn to a fake news release, directed at Corps Members, and purported to have been issued by the Director – General, conveying to them that their monthly stipends for April and May would be contributed to the fight against COVID –19.
It will be recalled that a similar mischievous story had earlier been bandied on the social media in February, 2020.
Management wishes to advise all Corps Members to disregard the poorly written story in its entirety, as there is no iota of truth in it. The story emanated from a fake source.
It is important to note that payment of monthly stipend for the month of April shall be effected without the usual gathering for Clearance, in keeping with the rule of social distancing.
It is equally imperative to add that there shall not be Clearance for the month of May, 2020. The system shall generate automatic clearance for everyone.
Management appreciates the contributions of Corps Members across the country in the fight against the pandemic.
Special commendation once again goes to Corps Medical Personnel working tirelessly with medical teams across the country to save lives; and Corps Engineers that fabricated pedal – operated machine dispensing sanitiser, water and soap.
The various Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development groups, working day and night to produce face masks, sanitisers and liquid soap, donated to the Federal and State Governments, in addition to communities, in order to contain the spread of the virus are not left out of the commendation.
Management remains very proud of you. In the same vein, you are urged to sustain and deepen this fervour for national development, even after we have won the battle against COVID — 19.
Rest assured, the welfare of Corps Members shall continue to be given top priority by Management at all times.
As the battle against Coronavirus rages in the country and the globe, you are enjoined to continue making your safety top priority.
Always stay tuned to our traditional and new media platforms for genuine information.
Please, remember to always abide by the safety protocols of observing good hygiene, which includes among others — proper washing of hands with soap and water for at least forty seconds, use of hand sanitiser; social distancing; and as much as possible staying at home.
The battle against COVID — 19 shall be won, if we all stay focused and approach it with a single mind.
Stay safe.
Management
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has promised to offer loans to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members for a 7-year tenure. The loan is intended for the purpose of establishment of small and medium scale enterprises.
This was disclosed by the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, in his office while receiving the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig. Shuaibu Ibrahim, in Abuja.
The Aim Of The Scheme
Emefiele noted that the loan disbursement was developed out of the need to curb the rate of unemployment in the country. He advised that corps members should attend the bank’s entrepreneurship training centres for skills acquisitions in various vocational areas for economic survival after passing out from the service scheme.
The CBN Governor added that the loans would be disbursed to the corps members to provide the needed support to the rent of business offices or workshop and also to acquiring working tools.
“The Central Bank of Nigeria has expressed willingness to provide further opportunities of self-employment for corps members through its skill acquisition training. The CBN governor explained that upon completion of training, beneficiaries would get the cumulative value which represents a loan that would be repaid within seven years with a two-year moratorium.”
The Central Bank Governor further hinted that an entrepreneurship program “Youth Entrepreneurship Development Program (YEDP)” was launched by the bank in 2016, and has served as a propelling platform to the empowerment of youth corps members and other youths across the country for the purpose of wealth creation and self-employment.
Emefiele promised that the CBN National Microfinance Bank will support any corps member who is interested in financing their business.
In his response, Brig. Shuaibu Ibrahim of the NYSC said the visit was intended to enhance more robust collaborations with the Central Bank in the area of empowering youth corps entrepreneurs while requesting for the apex bank’s support in providing more skills acquisitions centres across all zones and modern equipment for the NYSC farms located in various parts of the country.
Entrepreneurship is the driving force of any developing economy. This is why this collaborative effort between the CBN and NYSC is a positive step towards capacity development. It will help to curb the high rate of unemployment in the country.
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Good afternoon guys, Abex Consult wish you all a safe trip to those corp members on their way to camp. We love you.
Let me quickly update you how the registration is done. It might be slightly different from your own camp.
First outside the gate of the camp, they will search all your lugages carefully, an officer of NDLEA will be present to collect any form of drugs, don’t be surprised if they seize your paracetamol.😁
Immediately you enter the gate, you will register your name and details, they will check your callup letter and some documents so as to be sure you didn’t miss road.
Third step is for you to verify your fingerprints & acquire state code number, for example if you are posted to kano, your state code will be like this, KN/20A/0564,
Automatically the number that end your state code is your platoon Number. For example KN/20A/0564 this person with this state code belong to platoon 4
After that you will go straight to your platoon and do your registration, and open an account with the bank your platoon is using, well you can register outside your platoon bank, for example platoon 4 is using access bank but platoon 6 use Gt bank you can go to platoon 6 to register with the bank but your details and file will be handled by platoon 4. During this registration you can explain yourself to the platoon officer, to give you exemption or further request.
The next is collection of kits, after your registration your platoon will give you your nysc kaki and jungle boot with few clothing kit.
Then you move straight to bed collection, select a good bed please because that will be the bed you will be using till the end of camp.
The last is hostel registration, they will allocate a room to you, just enter and select your bunk…be wise selecting oo, because some bunks are bad.
After that rest and prepare for parade ground.
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