The House of Representatives, yesterday, began a probe
into the alleged N4,000 to be collected by the management of the National Youth
Service Corps, NYSC, as registration fee from corps members. The House, based on the allegation, urged NYSC to suspend forthwith the
policy requiring prospective NYSC members to pay the amount with effect from
2015 before accessing their call-up letters. Hassan Saleh (PDP, Benue), who
sponsored the motion, expressed concern over “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 going to their various schools to collect the
letters.”He said: “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.”However, just as the
presiding officer, Emeka Ihedioha was about calling for voice vote on the
matter, Uzo Azubuike (PDP, Abia), came
up with a Point of Order, saying the Public Petitions Committee, which he
chairs, was already on the matter. After this observation, Ihedioha called on
the Chairman, Rules and Business Committee, Albert Sam-Tsokwa (PDP, Taraba) to
guide the House. Sam-Tsokwa explained that since the public petitions committee
had began investigating the matter, the honourable thing to do was for the
motion to be withdrawn. Ihedioha ruled that Committee on Youth Development and
the sponsor of the motion be invited to be part of the panel that will conduct
a session on the matter.
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