Di National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) don announce say di National Electronic Registration Database (NERD) clearance don bicom compulsory for all prospective corps members.
For statement wey dem release on Monday, 3 August, di corps warn say without NERD clearance, no corps member go dey eligible for mobilisation for di compulsory one-year service scheme. ‘No NERD clearance, No NYSC,’ di post tok.
Dis move dey come as di scheme dey begin mobilisation activities for di 2026 Batch ‘B’ service year. Dem don ask institutions and eligible graduates to complete all required documentation bifor orientation camp, and make dem get di clearance early.
Na so di corps also release fresh guidelines for prospective corps members ahead of orientation exercise, wey include warning against late night travels. Di corps also say some corps members wey dem deploy to Lagos and FCT go dey redeployed to oda states for dia orientation course.
According to NYSC, prospective corps members wey dem deploy to Lagos go take dia orientation course for Edo, Ekiti, Kwara, Ondo and Osun camps. Di ones wey dem deploy to FCT go do dia orientation course for Benue, Kano, Kaduna and Nasarawa states.
NERD, wey also known as di Nigeria Education Repository and Databank, na one federal digital system wey dem dey use to store and verify academic records, degrees, plus final-year research projects. Nigeria govment launch am for 2025 to centralize, standardize, and verify academic records across basic, secondary, and tertiary levels.
Di purpose na to fight certificate forgery, stop fragmented record keeping, and support national education planning. With dis one, NYSC no go mobilise any graduate from local or foreign tertiary institutions or issue exemption certificate without proof of NERD compliance. Prospective corps members dey expected to upload or log dia final-year projects, theses, or dissertations into di national repository and get clearance say dem no commit educational fraud. Di clearance serve as proof say your academic report and credentials dey verified.