NYSC exemption certificate: all you have to know
What is NYSC exemption certificate and who are the people eligible to get an exemption certificate? Go through this article to learn more about the NYSC Certificate of Exemption and how to print one if you are eligible for it.
What is NYSC exemption certificate?
The NYSC exemption certificate is a certificate given to anyone who is exempted from the NYSC service year due to any of the reasons contained in section 2 subsection (1) of the National Youth Service Corps Decree of 1993. This certificate can be presented in place of NYSC Certificate of National Service when required.
People who can get NYSC exemption certificate
These are the conditions/grounds contained in section 2 subsection (1) of the National Youth Service Corps Decree of 1993 on which a person is eligible to get a Certificate of Exemption:
- Anyone, older than thirty years by the time he/she graduates from the university or polytechnic can apply for an exemption certificate.
- Anyone who has served in the Nigerian Police or any arm of the Armed Forces of Nigeria for at least nine months can apply for a certificate of exemption.
- Anyone who is a staff member of any of four organization or agencies listed below can apply for a certificate of exemption:
- The Defence Intelligence Service
- The National Intelligence Agency
- The Nigerian Security Organization
- The State Security Service
- Anyone who has been conferred with a National Honour can apply for an exemption certificate.
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NYSC exemption certificate collection
As explained on the NYSC official site, the process for applying and printing NYSC exemption certificate for Nigerian graduates is different from the process for foreign graduates. Keep reading to learn in details.
NYSC exemption certificate collection process for Nigerian graduates
The collection process for NYSC exemption certificate consists of the following steps:
- Your University/Polytechnic/College of Education has to submit the master lists of their graduate showing you graduated from the school along with their results approved by the Senate to the National Youth Service Corps.
- The National Youth Service Corps will classify those that are to be called up for service and those that are to be exempted. A print-out containing both groups will be sent back to your institution to verify and make necessary corrections before sending it back to NYSC.
- After the print-out have been sent back to the NYSC office, the Certificate of Exemption will be processed, documented and sent to your institution.
- Your institution then gives the certificates out to the appropriate persons. You can pick yours up at your convenient time at the appropriate office in your University/Polytechnic/College of Education.
Note – Nigerian graduates can collect their NYSC Exemption Certificate only at the institution from where they graduated and not at the National Youth Service Corps office.
NYSC Certificate of Exemption for foreign graduates
- The collection process begins with the submission of your credential and related documents to the NYSC office.
- Followed by the evaluation of your credentials and documents.
- After the evaluation, you will complete a registration which is done physically at the National Youth Service Corps directorate headquarters in Abuja. The classification of those that will be called-up for service and those that will be exempted is done at this point of registration.
- The Exemption Certificate will be processed for those who have been classified to be exempted.
- The Certificates of Exemption for foreign graduates is to be picked up at the National Youth Service Corps directorate headquarters at the time stipulated.
- The collection of NYSC exemption certificate can only be done with identification such as International Passport. And you can only take it in person.
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Complaints and corrections regarding NYSC Certificate of Exemption
For Nigerian graduates
If you have any complaint or correction that is needed to be done, e.g., misspelled name, you are to table such complaint through the institution from which you have graduated. The institution will then forward your complaints with the necessary documents attached to it such as a photocopy of the print-out to the National Youth Service Corps for corrections and other necessary actions.
For foreign graduates
If you have any complaints or corrections needed to be made, you are to write an application and submit it to the National Youth Service Corps directorate headquarters in Abuja. You are to attach the original copy of your Certificate of Exemption and the photocopy of the data page of your International passport to your application. The application is to be addressed to the Director-General, NYSC NDHQ, Abuja and you must indicate their address and telephone number on it.
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Replacement of NYSC Certificate of Exemption
For Nigerian graduates
If you misplaced your certificate of exemption and you need to get a new one, follow the next steps:
- Write a letter of notification and request addressed to the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps. This letter must be routed through the institution from which you graduated.
- Get a Police Report or Extract.
- Get a Court Affidavit.
- If you have a copy of the misplaced Certificate of Exemption, attach it also to the letter.
For foreign graduates
- Write a letter of notification and request addressed to the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps.
- Get a Police Report or Extract.
- Get a Court Affidavit.
- A photocopy of the data page of your International Passport.
- If you have a copy of the misplaced Certificate of Exemption, attach is also to the letter.
How to print NYSC exemption letter?
The process of the exemption letter printing is not complicated. First of all, you need to visit the official site of NYSC portal.nysc.org.ng. We believe you have created your account and now all you need is to log in using your credentials and a password. There you will find an option to print the letter.
As a policy of the NYSC Scheme, you are not to reprint a lost or burnt certificate. A letter of confirmation is to be issued to you instead.
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Source: Legit.ng
