The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to suspend the policy requiring prospective corps members to pay N4, 000 before accessing their call-up letters.
Nigerians have expressed concern about the new policy which they adjudged to be exploitative and uncalled for.
The directive followed a motion sponsored by Hassan Saleh entitled, “The need to investigate the appropriateness of the N4,000 the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is requesting prospective corps members to pay before accessing their call-up letters.”
Hassan in presenting the motion said, “Recent advertorials in some national newspapers indicated 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.
“As laudable as the idea of sending call-up letters through the internet may be, the decision requiring fresh graduates to cough out N4,000 to access letters appears insensitive and exploitative.”
While Emeka Ihedioha, deputy Speaker, who presided over the session was about to call for voice vote on the motion, Uzo Azubuike, chairman, House Committee on Public Petition raised a Point of Order, where he told the presiding officer that his committee had received various petitions on the subject matter and had commenced work
