BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya
The National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has dismissed a report claiming that it has extended the Batch A, Stream 1 service year by 3 months.
The report circulating on WhatsApp stated that the extension is due to recent policy reviews. It added that updated call-up numbers/letters and new orientation dates will be communicated to all Prospective Corps Members.
Screenshot of the claim circulating on WhatsApp
“OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
All prospective Corps Member Batch A, Stream 1 scheduled to commence the Orientation Course on 23rd, 2025, are hereby informed the service year has been extended by three (3) months due to recent policy reviews.
“Updated call-up numbers/letters and new orientation dates will be communicated shortly.” The statement reads.
A check through NYSC’s official X page shows that the claim is fake.
Screenshot of the claim labelled fake by NYSC
The claim comes at a time when the Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, pushed for the extension of the national service scheme from one to two years. Alausa said the duration of the scheme can be extended with the expansion of NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training programme content for corps members.
The minister made this known recently when the Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.
