Thousands of Nigerian graduates register for the National Youth Service Corps program every year and are sent to different parts of the country to serve their fatherland. This process is called NYSC Mobilization,
While the vast majority is successful in their mobilization attempts, not everyone reports to NYSC camps, and also, not everyone completes their service year,
This guide provides information on NYSC Remobilization or revalidation. Note that you must have registered for mobilization before joining any previous batch for either of them to work.
NYSC Revalidation
NYSC Revalidation option is meant for those who;
- Those refused to go camping after they had been mobilized, maybe because of distance or financial reasons.
- Those who forgot to check their NYSC dashboard for their letter of mobilization. As funny as it sounds, a friend missed camp because he thought the letter would be mailed to him or sent via school, forgetting he would have to print it from his dashboard. The lack of email/SMS notification for printing letters didn’t help.
- Those who forgot vital documents when they went camping weren’t registered.
- Those who went late to camp and got there after the registration window must have expired, so they weren’t registered.
- Anyone who had been mobilized and for any reason didn’t show up or register at camp.
You fall into this group if you don’t have a State Code number (a unique NYSC number that identifies your Service State, Year, Batch, and personnel number).
A State Code number looks like a State/Year&Batch/personnel number, e.g., KW/17B/0001, DT/18C/1786
How to Apply for NYSC Revalidation?
To apply for revalidation, you will have to follow those who are applying for mobilization.
Once a new batch of Prospective Corp Members are applying for mobilization, open the NYSC Portal and click the Registration button.
On the next page, you will see the Revalidation option. Click on it and follow the instructions to revalidate your profile (usually only fingerprint recapture). Voila, you are done.
If revalidation is done within the same batch, you will likely be posted back to the same state (maybe you missed Batch A Stream 1 Camping and applied alongside Batch A Stream II).
Otherwise, you will be posted to a different state if you missed Batch A camping and applied alongside Batch B or C.
NYSC Remobilization
NYSC Remobilization is meant for those who;
- after registration at the CAMP or after being posted to a PPA (place of primary assignment), absconded, and not completing the service year.
- There may also be the option for corpers who were sent out of camp for participating in sexual activities or gambling, smoking, or fighting. I am only certain about the first option.
So, if you didn’t report to your PPA for 90 days to 110 days, you would be declared as ABSCONDED CORP MEMBER. Unlike Revalidation, you will not go camping again (NYSC doesn’t allow an individual to camp twice).
How to Apply for NYSC Remobilization?
On average, the NYSC state secretariat takes about five months to declare a corp member absconded and notify the main headquarters. The LGI, ZI, and State Coordinator must verify that you have fled.
It would be good for you if you absconded immediately after camp without collecting any allowance (other than the ones paid at the camp).
You are refunded if you abscond from service after receiving an allowance outside the camp.
However, the steps to apply for Remobilization are quite stressful. You will have to make sure you have been declared an absconded corp member, or else you can go back and continue service with an extension of service.
If you have been reported as an absconded corp member and remobilized, you will be posted to a different state for service.
To apply for Remobilization
- You must travel down to the NYSC secretariat of the state you were posted to (good luck if it is far from you).
- The Office of Corps Discipline and Reward is located there. Inform them that you want to apply for immobilization and come to check for a “LETTER OF DECISION.” If the state officials haven’t sent their decision letter to Abuja, you can return to service with an extension for the missed days. If they have submitted their decision, the head of the department will check if the National Headquarters has sent a remobilization decision. If not, your long wait begins. Letter of decisions usually takes about three months to return from Abuja (except you somehow manage to influence the speed, maybe by divine intervention). If there is a letter of decision, that is good; if not, you can go home and return sometime.
- Go to your bank (the one you registered for collection of allowee) and request a Bank Account Statement. This will serve as proof that you either received an allowance or not. If you did not receive any allowance outside the camp, go to the next step. If you did, calculate how much NYSC paid into your account and refund via REMITA.
- To refund via REMITA, go to a CYBER CAFE and inform them you want to make a REMITA payment to the TREASURY SINGLE ACCOUNT under NYSC and select Personnel Cost as the Purpose of Payment. (you can verify this by heading to the Accounts department of the State NYSC and asking for directions on how to refund allowance). Pay at the nearest bank using your generated RRR number and make about four photocopies of the Teller, Remita payment slip, and Account Statement as proof.
- After presenting your Account Statement? (and proof of payment in case you refunded allowee) at the Corps Discipline and Reward office, you will be asked to write a letter informing the DG of your willingness to return to service. The Head of Corps Discipline and Reward will guide you on how to do that.
- Next, you will be sent to the ICT office to submit the documents alongside a copy of the Letter of Decision.
- Then, you go home and wait for the remobilization portal to open (usually a week after camp). Go to the NYSC portal and click on remobilization.
Select the option with? “click here if you registered online and in camp” and log in.
If you see a successfully remobilized message, you can print the remobilization slip on your dashboard and the Certificate of Remobilization.
vii. head over to the NYSC secretariat of the new state you have been posted to and begin serving immediately. When remobilized, you only serve 11 months.
NOTE: If your decision letter has not been sent, you can get your statement of account and refund the allowance, if any (excluding whatever you received at the camp). This will speed things up once you get the letter of decision.
Mind you, the only way to know if your letter of decision has been sent is by visiting the Office of Corps Discipline and Reward at the state headquarters where you were posted.
Except you have your way of communicating with them, be prepared for transportation costs. If you have any questions or suggestions, don’t forget to leave it below.