-Prospective corps members to register from home
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is considering completely decentralising the registration of prospective corps members (PCMs) from 2027, allowing eligible graduates to undertake the process from the comfort of their homes.
Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, disclosed this in Abuja, yesterday, at the opening ceremony of the 2026 Batch ‘C’ Pre-Orientation Workshop.
Nafiu said the proposed arrangement would eliminate the challenges of prospective corps members queuing at cybercafés for registration and make the process easier and more seamless.
Foreign-trained graduates are also expected to benefit significantly, as some currently have to travel to Nigeria for registration, return abroad and make another trip for their national service.
“In the coming year, the management is considering completely decentralising the registration process to enable prospective corps members to register from the comfort of their homes, eliminating the challenges of queuing at cybercafés to register.
“It will equally make registration easier and seamless for our foreign-trained PCMs, some of whom have to travel into the country to do registration and sometimes travel back before returning to the country to serve their fatherland. We feel that it is a needless journey and a relief for parents,” he said.