FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
There are quite a number of questions that are often asked. They come under the following categories.
Mobilisation
Concessional Deployment
Deployment/Relocation
Orientaion
Service Year.
MOBILISATION
• How many times does the NYSC mobilize prospective Corps members in a year?
Currently two times a year : Batch ‘A' - February/March and Batch ‘B' - September/October
• My name has appeared for National Service and I do not want to serve. Can I defer my service?
No. Refusal to report for National Service is a punishable offence.
• I am over 30 years but I was still mobilized, what do I do?
Yes, you may be mobilized because at the time of your graduation you were not yet 30 years. In addition, Medical and Pharmacy students are called up for Service even at 30 years to compensate for the additional one-year housemanship /internship programmes. Finally, all foreign-trained students are mobilized irrespective of age. If at the time of graduation they are below 30 years
• I was wrongly-exempted for National Service, what do I do?
Your Students Affairs Office (SAO) has to submit a copy of your bio-data to the NYSC as evidence of your real age. Your exemption certificate must be returned to the NYSC Headquarters (HQ), if collected.
If your age is authenticated, your name can be re-collated in the next mobilisation exercise. Cases with no bio-data and evidence of return of already-issued exemption certificate will not be treated.
• My name was omitted, what do I do?
If the omission is from your school and the NYSC Preliminary List has been delivered to the school, you will need to inform your Student Affairs Office so that your name can be re-collated in the next Batch.
If the omission is from the NYSC, your Student Affairs Office will effect the correction when returning the Preliminary List with detailed explanations. Your name must be in the Masterlist submitted earlier to the NYSC.
• I was exempted. When and where do I collect my Exemption Certificate?
Your exemption certificate will be delivered with the Call-up letters to your school. So you can collect it as the Call-up letters are being issued.
• Is the Certificate of National Service superior to the Exemption Certificate?
No.
• I missed the last orientation and I am still in possession of my call-up letter. What do I need to do to be mobilized in the next batch?
You are to return the Call-up letter to your institution and ensure that your name is re-collated to serve in the next Batch.
• I schooled abroad, what documents do I need to provide to be called up for National Service?
You must produce originals and photocopies of the following:
a) Travel Documents including expired passports for verification. Photocopy of pages 1-3 of the Nigerian Travel Passport
b) Previous Educational Qualifications
c) Official Transcripts and Marksheets ( India )
d) Evidence of completion of housemanship/internship and Registration Certificate from the Nigerian Medical Council (Medical Doctors) and Pharmacy Board of Nigeria (Pharmacists)
e) Three Passport photographs
You should visit the Mobilisation Department at the NYSC HQ in Abuja to register. Your Call-up letter will be issued to you at the NYSC HQ.
• I studied as a part-time student and I want to serve. Is that possible?
As at today, Part-time/Sandwich/Long-distance/Open University Graduates are excluded from participation in the National Service and will be given Letters of Exclusion. It is fraudulent to smuggle your name with the regular fulltime students
Can I check my posting and do my registration online,
The feature is not yet enabled on this site Go to your school to check your posting and then to your State of primary assignment for your registrations
