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Nigerian Senate has rejected a bill proposing the option of wearing of skirts by female members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The bill which was sponsored by Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP-Taraba), was debated by the lawmakers today. Senator Bwacha told his colleagues that the bill is intended to amend Sections 13 and 16 of the Principal Act that infringes on the religious rights of some of the corps members. Bwacha, who is Deputy Minority Leader, noted that the NYSC was a laudable scheme established in 1973 by the then military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon. It was part of the effort by the Federal Government to rebuild, reconstruct and reconcile Nigerians following the unfortunate incidents of the civil war which ended in 1970. It is important to point out that while the scheme has lived up to expectation as a reliable platform for nurturing young patriotic Nigerians, fostering unity and promoting a better understanding of our religious and cultural differences, ...

Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said its 2017 Batch B, stream 2 Corps members will begin their orientation course on Tuesday, 16th January 2018 This information was contained on the recently updated NYSC Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B corps members. The management of the scheme has made it known that the orientation course would be held between Tuesday 16th January 2018, to Monday 5th February 2018. See the full and complete NYSC Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B corps members as posted on the NYSC official portal below; 1. Briefing/Sensitization of Final year students/prospective corps Members. 12th Oct – 10th Nov 2017 2. Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking and feedback. 12th – 15th Oct. 2017 3. Collation of Prospective Corps Members’ Data by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs. 12th – 15th Oct. 2017 4. Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Results fo...

Management of National Youth Service Scheme, NYSC, has apologized to corps members over delayed in payment of October allowance for corpers most especially those that passed out on Thursday. The scheme said the delay was a result of technical issues in the payment system which will be resolved in couple of days. See press statement below: PAYMENT OF PERSONAL ALLOWANCE TO CORPS MEMBERS The Management of the National Youth Service Corps regrets the delay being experienced in the payment of personal allowance to Corps members. Management wishes to inform Corps members and the rest of the public that funds have since been released by the Federal Government, but the delay is as a result of technical problems with the payment platform. We wish to further inform that the service providers are working round the clock to restore connectivity so as to allow seamless crediting of Corps members' accounts. We are confident that this will be achieved in a couple of days. Ma...