The house of representatives on Tuesday, September 30, 2014 ordered the authorities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to suspend the N4,000 which is to be collected from prospective corps members to access their call up letters online as from 2015, Thisday reports.
The directive was issued following a motion by hon. Hassan Saleh, which has also prompted a probe into the aleged fee.
Saleh said: “The recent advertorials in some national newspapers 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 appears insensitive. As laudable as the idea of sending call-up letters though the internet may be, the decision requiring fresh graduates to cough out N4,000 to access letters appears insensitive and exploitative.”
Deputy speaker of the house, Emeka Ihedioha acting on a petition by Uzo Azubuike said the public petition committee which he (Ihedioha) heads was already investigating the case, ruling that the committee for youth development and the sponsor of the motion, Saleh should be invited as part of the panel that will sit over the issue.
