No Pause for Law School or Absences -NYSC

The Assistant Director of Corps Discipline and Reward, National Youth Service Corps, Lagos State, Mrs. Victoria Akowonlehin have told Prospective Corps Members that there will be no interruption in service or a pause for Law School.

Mrs. Akowonlehin made this known on Friday at the ongoing 2024 Batch “A” Stream II Orientation Course in Lagos Camp.

NYSC AND LAW SCHOOL 

She said a break cannot be observed during the service year. 

While Citing Law School as a reference, she said pausing the service to participate in Law School is not acceptable to the scheme.

Furthermore, she emphasized the consequences of absences: one or two months’ absence results in double the missed time without pay, while a three-month absence is considered abscondment, leading to automatic termination or the requirement to start service anew.

She cautioned corps members against actions that could violate NYSC rules and lead to punishment.

TRAVEL/SICK LEAVE FOR CORPS MEMBERS 

When discussing traveling while sick, she recommended that if corps members fall ill, they should notify their Local Government Inspectors.

“This allows for proper documentation and facilitates inspection and monitoring to prevent potential consequences of being unavailable”

ABOUT NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a program set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime to involve Nigerian graduates in nation-building and the development of the country.

There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973, graduates of universities and polytechnics have been required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps program for one mandatory year. This is known as national service year. Ahmadu Ali served as the first Director-General of the NYSC until 1975. The incumbent Director-General is Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed.

Major General Suleiman Kazaure was appointed director general of the NYSC on 18 April 2016 and served as the 17th DG of the scheme until his redeployment to the Nigerian Army Resource Centre on 26 April 2019.

NYSC was created on the 22 of May 1973 during the general Yakubu Gowon regime as an avenue for the reconciliation, reconstruction, and rebuilding of the nation after the civil war. It was established based on decree No. 24, which stated that the scheme was created “with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria and the promotion of national unity“

ABOUT NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL      

The Nigerian Law School is an educational institution set up by the Government of Nigeria in 1962 to provide a Nigerian legal education to foreign-trained lawyers, and to provide practical training for aspiring Legal Practitioners in Nigeria.

Until the school was established, legal practitioners in Nigeria had received the requisite training in England and had been called to the English Bar.

The Law School offers course in criminal and civil litigation, property and corporate law, as well as a course in ethics. Over 70,000 students have graduated from the Nigerian Law School.

Anyone who has obtained a university degree in law and wants to practice as lawyers in Nigeria must attend the Nigerian Law School.

The Council of Legal Education gives certificates to students who pass the Bar Part II examinations, and these students are then called to the Bar