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 earli