The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Orientation Course will commence on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, across all NYSC Orientation Camps nationwide.
According to a statement signed by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Mrs. Caroline Embu, the registration exercise for all Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) will begin on Wednesday, November 19, and close at midnight on Friday, November 21, 2025.
The statement further noted that the Swearing-in Ceremony for the new Corps Members will take place on Friday, November 21, while the Closing Ceremony is scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, 2025.
The NYSC Orientation Course marks the official commencement of the one-year national service. It serves as an avenue for Corps Members to be equipped with essential leadership, discipline, and entrepreneurial skills that will aid their integration into host communities.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has extended his best wishes to all Prospective Corps Members as they prepare to embark on the national service journey.
He urged them to be law-abiding, committed, and patriotic throughout the exercise.
The Guardian earlier reported that NYSC urged all participants to visit the official portal and verified social media platforms for authentic information and updates regarding the Orientation Course.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reiterated its zero tolerance for fraudulent practices in the mobilisation of graduates for national service, emphasising its commitment to transparency, integrity, and accountability in all its operations.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, stated this in Abuja during the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop.
He noted that the Scheme remains dedicated to maintaining high standards of integrity in the deployment of human, technological, and material resources used for mobilisation.
Nafiu said the NYSC has, over the years, earned public confidence through its transparent mobilisation process and would continue to strengthen its systems to sustain credibility.
He explained that the theme of the workshop, “Enhancing Data Integrity for Credible Mobilisation for National Service in Contemporary Times,” was apt, considering the proliferation of unauthorised higher institutions across the country.
The NYSC boss identified data manipulation, identity theft, inconsistent data from Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs), weak inter-agency data linkages, cybersecurity breaches, and low data management capacity as major challenges confronting the mobilisation process.
According to him, the activities of unapproved study centres operating under dubious affiliations with accredited institutions remain a major concern.
“NYSC will continue to apply sanctions wherever such unethical practices are discovered,” he warned. “We must be conscious of the fact that the strength of our mobilisation system depends not only on technology, but also on the ethics, discipline, and professionalism of those who handle it.
“Let us continue to uphold the principles of transparency, accountability, and zero tolerance for compromise. Every Nigerian graduate who wears the NYSC uniform must be genuinely qualified and properly verified.”
