Certificate of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) - Collection/Replacement of Lost Cert.
This is a simple step by step guide to collect your NYSC certificate after completing your National Youth Service year depending on the state you served. If you have misplaced your certificate due to accident, fire, robbery, etc, then this guide will really hep you to recover it or get a brand new one from NYSC office. Note that these information were curled from the official NYSC portal.
COLLECTION/REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF NATIONAL SERVICE (NYSC)
Modalities for the collection of Certificate of National Service
- Certificate of National Service is issued to State Secretariats at the Directorate headquarters through the State Certification Officers thrice a year for delivery to deserving Corps members.
- Only Corps members duly discharged from National Service and Certificated on presentation of letters of clearance from employers, CDS Inspectors and I.D card are issued with Certificates.
- Those who benefited from WAP loan facility are issued theirs on full repayment of the loans.
- Corps members with pending disciplinary case(s) are not certificated until he/she is cleared.
LOST CERTIFICATE OF NATIONAL SERVICE
In the case of loss of Certificate of Exemption, the following steps are to be taken.
- Police Extract/Report
- Court Affidavit
- Letter of Introduction from where the Ex-Corps member is discharged i.e. State of Service
- Where available, a copy of the lost Certificate
NYSC policy: It is the policy of the NYSC Scheme not to reprint lost or burnt Certificates. Letters of Confirmation are issued instead.
ERROR IN NYSC CERTIFICATE (NAME/COURSE)
According to NYSC website, upon noticing any error on your Certificate, return it immediately to the State Certification Officer for possible correction where the error is traceable to NYSC. Certificates are produced based on what the Ex-Corps member penned on the format during the orientation exercise.
NYSC says this; in case you are to proceed to NYSC NDHQ for collection of corrected Certificate, the following are required of you.
- Letter of Introduction from the NYSC State Secretariat addressed to the Director-General.
- Handwritten application.
- Valid I.D Card
Certificate of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) - Collection/Replacement of Lost Cert.
NOTE: Certificate of National Service is not issued by proxy.
Source: https://www.nysc.gov.ng/certificates-info/cr-cert-service.php