Abuja - The House of Representatives Committee on Youth Development has endorsed the N4,000 for the online registration of members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC.
Chairman of the committee, Rep Kamil Akinlabi, revealed this while giving update on the investigation into the new policy, during a media chat with House of Representatives Press Corps.
Akinlabi said the fund would be used for installation of equipment at the NYSC offices nationwide adding that the fund would enable the contractor handling the project is expected to recoup its investment within five years.
After the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hassan Saleh, the House directed NYSC management to suspend forthwith the policy requiring prospective corps members to pay N4,000 with effect from 2015 to access their call up letters.
Akinlabi said: "from the onset, when the matter was brought to our attention, the first thing we felt was the way you are feeling but after constructive engagement, we discovered that it was an innovation that we can't run from. First, it was not the responsibility of the NYSC to mobilize respective corps members to get their call-up letters, it is the responsibility of the parent. If somebody schooled in Lagos but lives in Kano and to get his call-up letter he has to travel to school.
He added "so you will discover that it's time consuming, risky and very expensive. So what the NYSC has done is to partner with a consultant that is already handling similar project for JAMB and WAEC that has eliminated similar risks to partner with them through PPP arrangement. And that PPP arrangement will be on Built Operate and Transfer."
Source: Vanguard