Tuesday 25 December 2012

MY THANKSGIVING CALENDAR-MY GIFT TO GOD TODAY

IN JANUARY YOU GAVE ME LIFE
YOU GAVE ME SIGHT, TOOK ME ROUND AND SHOWED ME PLACES,
YOU GAVE ME BODY AND CLOTHED ME MARVELOUSLY,
YOU PROMOTED ME BY TAKING MY DESTINY A STEP FURTHER,
HAVING CAUSED ME TO GRADGUATE
 AS A BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING THE PREVIOUS YEAR,
LORD I SAY THANK YOU!
IN FEBRUARY YOU SENT ME FOR NYSC WITHOUT DELAY,
EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY, AS I CLEARED IN SCHOOL TO GO FOR SERVICE,
LORD I SAY THANK YOU!
IN MARCH IT WAS YOU PERSONALLY TAKING ME BY MY HAND TO LEAD ME FORWARD,
YOU GAVE ME A HOME AND A FAMILY IN A LAND I KNEW NO ONE,
YOU GAVE ME A PLACE OF PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT WITH NUMEROUS BENEFITS,
AND ADDED A HOUSE OF MY OWN TO IT,
LORD I SAY THANK YOU!
IN APRIL I WAS ENTHUSED TO SEE YOU STILL MOVING AHEAD TO DO WONDERS,
TAKING ME ON A FLIGHT ON THE WINGS OF GLORY BY THE HOLY GHOST,
INDEED YOU TOOK ME HIGHER,
LORD I SAY THANK YOU!
IN MAY, THE NEWS WAS THAT MY CASE IS DIFFERENT,
YOU INCREASED ME MATERIALLY AND FINANCIALLY,
YOU GAVE ME AN OPEN CHEQUE TO SIGN,
WHEN I WAS STILL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT, YOU CALLED ME HIGHER FOR SERVICE IN YOUR HOUSE,
IT WAS INDEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BLESSED,
WHILE I WAS STILL ABSORBING THAT,  A SCHOLARSHIP TO BE TRAINED
 FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAME UP AND YOU ADDED SOME SKILLS TOO,
WHEN I WASN’T LOOKING FOR A SECONDARY ASSIGNMENT YOU GAVE ME ONE,
AND LORD I SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME!
WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU MY LORD? I WANT YOU TO KNOW  MY HEART IS YOURS!
THEN CAME JUNE, AND YOU TOLD ME I AM DESTINED FOR GLORY.
IT WAS INDEED A TIME OF FRESH EXPERINCE IN LIFE,
YOU TOOK ME TO PLACES, CONNECTED ME TO PEOPLE AND BLESSED PEOPLE WITH MY LIFE,
I HAD TIMES OF SHARING YOUR WORD WITH GREAT DESTINIES,
YOU STEPPED ME UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO FAIL,
I CAN’T COUNT IT ALL, LORD I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU!
THEN IT WAS JULY, THE MONTH OF MY BIRTH…
YOU ADDED ANOTHER YEAR TO MY YEARS AND TOPPED THE MEASURE OF WISDOM I COMMAND.
IT WAS INDEED A MONTH OF GOD’S WISDOM WORKS!
I SAW YOU MAKING ALL THINGS NEW, AND TOUCHING MY FAMILY IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY.
YOU INCREASED ME IN KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE--
 BY TAKING ME AND MY GROUP TO PLACES IN LOKOJA FOR OUTINGS.
YOU GAVE ME GRACE TO CELEBRATE MY BIRTH DAY LIKE NEVER BEFORE WITH MY NEW FAMILY,
AND AS WELL WITH A SPECIAL PERSONAL TREAT IN THE BEST EATRY IN TOWN… IT WAS INDEED A WOW!
NOW CAME AUGUST, IN WHICH YOU EMPOWERED ME--
 ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO BLESS DEAR ONES FINANCIALLY WITHOUT STRESS!
MY HEART WAS SO GLADENED, O LORD, YOU ARE TOO MUCH!
THE WONDERS OF THE PREVIOUS MONTH SPILLED OVER TO THIS ONE ,
 I WAS CALLED UPON TO IMPART YOUNG MINDS ON ICT, AND I WAS SO FULFILLED IN DOING IT,
LORD I THANK YOU FOR THAT PRIVILEDGE.

BEFORE THE MONTH ENDED YOU TOOK ME ON A SAFE TRIPTO MY HOME,
AND GREAT TIMES AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF MY CHAPEL WAS ADDED TO MY CATALOGUE OF
TESTIMONIES…TRULY SPEAKING, I CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
WHEN SEPTEMBER CAME, IT WAS ME AT MY ALMA MATER,
REJOICING WITH FRIENDS ON THEIR SENDFORTH CEREMONY,
AFTER THAT, YOU DIDN’T WASTE TIME IN TAKING ME BACK SAFELY TO MY STATION AT LOKOJA,
YOU DIDN’T SLOW DOWN AT ALL IN LIFTING ME: INTELLECTUALLY AND SPIRITUALLY,
YOU GAVE ME THE OFFICE OF A STUDENT AFFAIRS MANAGER AT MY WORK PLACE,
I SAW YOU BUILDING MY DESTINY WITH STYLE AND VIGOR,
I WAS BECOMING A BETTER ME, BEING ABLE TO HELP LIVES; THANKS LORD!
THEN CAME OCTOBER, THE NATION’S BIRTH MONTH,
IT WAS PRIVILEDGE ONCE MORE FOR SERVICE,
I WAS CHOSEN TO MINISTER TO FLOOD VICTIMS WHICH I DID WITH MUCH PLEASURE,
I WON’T FORGET THE FINANCIAL BLESSING THAT FOLLOWED, AFTER THE PRESIDENT’S VISIT,
FATHER YOU ARE JUST TOO MUCH, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PROVED SOMETHING AGAIN TO ME.
BEFORE THE MONTH ENDED, IT WAS MY BATCH “C’ FRIENDS’ BANQUET,
DURING WHICH YOU ANOINTED ME PRESIDENT OVER WCF IN LOKOJA AND THE WHOLE OF KOGI STATE,
AND THAT WAS JUST ANOTHER PRIVILEDGE TO  SERVE AND BE BLESSED FURTHER!
MEANWHILE, I HAD ALREADY BECOME THE SCRIBE IN MY CDS GROUP,
I STILL SAY THANKS A MILLION DEAR LORD!
BEFORE THE MONTH ENDED, YOU TOOK ME ON A TOUR TO OBAJANA CEMENT FACTORY,
AND YOU SHOWED ME UP TO DATE TECHNOLOGY IN APPLICATION, WHICH I NEVER HAD THE
 PRIVILEDGE OF SEEING DURING MY FIVE (5) YEARS OF UNDERGRADGUATE STUDIES IN THE UNIVERSITY.
I COULDN’T BUT WATCH WITH MY MOUTH AGAPE!
THE WONDER AT OBAJANA CULMINATED WITH THE NEWS OF THE MIRACLE WEDDING OF A DEAR
FRIEND IN ADDITION TO MY GOING TO WELCOME THE 2012 BATCH “C” CORPERS IN NOVEMBER-
ANOTHER PRIVILEDGE OF SERVING.
YOU GAVE ME AND MY COLLEAGUE GRACE TO STAY THERE FOR 21 DAYS,
WHICH YOU CAPPED WITH TESTIMONIES OF CORPERS WHO IDENTIFIED WITH US
 IN THE WINNERS FAMILY.
WHEN WE RETURNED TO LOKOJA, IT WAS GRACE SPEAKING ALL THE WAY,
“MAKING STREAMS FLOW IN THE WILDERNESS”
IT ALL HAPPENED LIKE A DREAM, BECAUSE YOU GAVE ME LEVERAGE-
 IN MY PLACE OF PRIMARY ASSIGNMMENT.
I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT ALL THESE AND COULDN’T HOLD IT BUT SAY YOU ARE TERRIFIC IN YOUR WAYS!
WHEN DECEMBER CAME, YOU FIRST TOLD ME: “YOU ARE FOR SIGNS”
THEN CAME THE CONVOCATION OF SAINTS TAGGED SHILOH 2012- DOUBLE PORTION SHILOH!
WHERE I RECEIVED THE TRANSFERENCE OF THE SPIRIT OF JUST MEN MADE PERFECT.
WHILE I WAS STILL BASKING IN THE EUPHORIA OF THAT,
 THE WEDDING OF A WINNERS CORPER, WHO HAD NOW TURNED GOLD, CAME UP
TO WHICH YOU LED ME WITH MY VICE PRESIDENT TO GRACE THE OCCASION,
I STILL SAY THANK YOU.
YOU TOOK ME TO CANAANLAND, TO FAITH TABERNACLEA AND TO COVENANT UNIVERSITY-
FOR SURE I KNEW MY DESTINY HAD TAKEN A NEW DIMENSION.
STILL ON THIS FLIGHT, YOU TOOK ME TO SUCCESS CAMP AND THEN TO REDEEMED CAMP,
WHERE I KNOW ITS AN ADDITIONAL DIMENSION OF GRACE RECEIVED FOR MY DESTINY.
THE YEAR IS YET TO END, AND AM CERTAIN WHAT LIES AHEAD IS BEYOND MY IMAGINATION,
I KNOW IT IS ABOUT DOUBLE PORTION SERIES AND SEASONS OF TESTIMONIES IN 2013,
I HAVE ENJOYED THE TRIP WITH YOU LORD IN 2012, I LOOK UP TO GREATER ONES…
I THOUGHT OF WHAT TO GIVE TO YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH:
THANKS FOR THE EXPERINCE, THANKS FOR THE PRIVILEDGES, THANKS FOR TIMES OF SACRIFICES AND SERVICE, THANKS FOR WHAT I LOST, THANKS FOR WHAT I GAINED, THANKS FOR WHAT AM ABLE TO APPRECIATE NOW, AND THANKS FOR WHAT I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND… I JUST FELT LIKE PACKAGING THIS THANK YOU SCRIPT BECAUSE I SEE IT AS THE BEST I CAN GIVE. THANK YOU MY LORD, BECAUSE I WONDER WHERE I WOULD HAVE BEEN BY NOW IF NOT YOU.

YOUR BELOVED SON,
LOTACHUKWU, IN 2012.










Wednesday 12 December 2012

INFORMATION ON NYSC CERTIFICATES

TO: ALL APPLICANTS
We appreciate all our esteemed Ex-Corps Members, Employers of labour, and Stakeholders etc. for their quest of knowledge regarding our mandate.
Below are the various requirements for any of the under-listed needs.
VERIFICATION OF CERTIFICATE

Write a letter of request to the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Directorate Headqua...
rters, plot 416, Tigris Crescent, Maitama, Abuja. It should be marked “Attention: Director (Corps Certification)”
Make photocopies of the Certificate(s) that you want to be verified, serially numbered with your marker or pen and attach them to the letter. Please note that these are the Certificates produced by the National Youth Service Corps:
Certificate of National Service
Certificate of Exemption
Letter of Exclusion
(3) Submit your letter at the Director-General’s Registry on the sixth (6th) floor of the complex, that is, Yakubu Gowon House – NYSC NDHQ and await your reply.
(4) Other information to note:
(a) Ensure to reflect your e-mail address
(b) Ensure to reflect your telephone number and
(c) Ensure to reflect your traceable contact address on your letter
to us.

PROCEDURE FOR THE COLLECTION/REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION
In accordance with the National Youth Service Corps Decree 1993 section 2 subsection (1) it is stipulated that;
‘’With effect from 1st August, 1985, a person shall NOT be called upon to serve in the service corps if, at the date of graduation or obtaining his diploma or other professional qualification’’-

He is over the age of thirty (30) years
He has served in the Armed Forces of the Federation or the Nigeria Police Force for a period of more than nine months; or
He is a member of staff of any of the following, that is,
The Nigerian Security Organization or
The State Security Service, or
The National Intelligence Agency or
The Defence Intelligence Service or
He has been conferred with any National Honour.
These categories of persons are therefore exempted from service and issued with the Certificates of Exemption.
LEGIBILITY: - Nigerian Graduates either home or oversea trained who have the stipulated qualification of (B.SC, B.A or HND) from approved or accredited Institution by (NUC, NTBE or NCCE) are eligible for Exemption Certificate however while foreign trained graduates must submit their Certificates at the Mobilization Department for Evaluation.
PROCESS OF COLLECTION OF CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION

HOME TRAINED GRADUATES – The process begins from the Corps Producing Institutions i.e. the tertiary institutions attended. The School submits the master list of their graduates alongside with the Senate approved result to NYSC.
A print-out is processed by NYSC classifying those to be called up for service and those to be exempted. This print-out is sent back to the Institutions for verifications and corrections after which they are returned to NYSC as an agreed/corrected document.
With the print-out, the Certificates of Exemption are produced, documented and sent back to the Institutions for issuance to the appropriate persons.
Please note: Collection of Certificate of Exemption for home trained graduates is only done in the Institution of graduation and not in NYSC office.

FOREIGN TRAINED GRADUATES
The process begins with the evaluation of credentials and other related documents i.e. International passport. After the evaluation of credentials the foreign trained graduate is then registered and this is physically done at the NYSC directorate headquarters, Abuja.
It is at the point of registration that the classification of who to be called-up or who to be exempted; is determined.
ii. Certificates of Exemption are therefore produced for those exempted from service.
iii. Such Certificates of Exemption for foreign graduates are to be collected at the NYSC directorate headquarters at the stipulated time communicated.
Please note, that collection of Certificate of Exemption is grouped under the three batches of the service year, depending on the date of registration. This equally would be communicated to exempted graduates at the point of registration.
NOTE: Collection of Certificate of Exemption is strictly with identification such as International passport and the bearer MUST BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT.
CORRECTIONS/COMPLAINTS
Issues of complaints and corrections for home trained graduates are to be routed through the Institutions of graduation. The school then forwards such cases with necessary attachments such as photocopy of print-out to NYSC for the purpose of rectification or further necessary action.
Foreign trained graduates are to submit handwritten application with the attachment of photocopy of International passport –data page and original Certificate of Exemption to be addressed to the Director-General, NYSC NDHQ, Abuja, indicating their address and telephone number.

REPLACEMENT
In the case of loss of Certificate of Exemption, the following steps are to be taken.
Home Trained:

A letter of notification/request routed through the Institution of graduation and addressed to the Director-General, NYSC.
Police Extract/Report
Court Affidavit
Where available, a copy of the lost Certificate of Exemption
Foreign Trained:

A letter of notification/request addressed to the Director-General, NYSC.
Police Extract/Report
Court Affidavit
Photocopy of International passport
Where available, the copy of the lost Certificate of Exemption
It is in policy the Scheme does not reprint lost or burnt Certificates. Letters of Confirmation are issued in places of lost.
COLLECTION/REPLACEMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF NATIONAL SERVICE
“A” 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.
“B’’.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
It is in policy that the Scheme does not reprint lost or burnt Certificates. Letter of Confirmation is issued in place of lost.
‘’C’’.ERROR IN CERTIFICATE
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.
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
NOTE: Certificate of National Service is not issued by proxy.
MODALITIES AND STEPS FOR ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY LETTER OF EXCLUSION

Graduates of various Institutions who have completed their part-time programme and have obtained their Degrees/HND/Certificates or Professional qualification as regulated by NUC/NBTE or evaluated by the Federal Ministry Education with effect from 2001 to date are eligible to be issued Letters of Exclusion.
Application for the issuance of Letters of Exclusion should apply to the office of the Director-General and attach the photocopies of the following:
Degree/HND/Professional Certificate or Statement of Result
Means of Identification e.g. I.D cards- Driver’s license, International passport
One passport photograph
Physically present himself at the National Directorate Headquarters with
the following documents;

Original Certificate and or
Original Statement of Result
Identity Card, Driver’s License or International Passport
One passport photograph.

Applicants to report to the Exclusion Division of the Corps Certification Department, 48 hours after submission of application for necessary attention.
MODALITIES/STEPS FOR REPLACEMENT OF LOST LETTER OF EXCLUSION

Presentation of Letter of application for replacement attached with the following documents.
Police extract
Court Affidavit
Photocopy of lost original letter of exclusion.
Where the above (c) is not available, the applicant must furnish the department with the date of issuance and certificate number.
Original copy of his/her Institutions Certificate of graduation.
Identity card or driver’s license or International passport.
NOTE:

NYSC Original Letter of Exclusion is not replaceable hence client will only be issued with letter of attestation/confirmation.