Meaning Of Abbreviations And Terms Use In NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme is a different world on its own. Thousands of Nigerian graduates are enrolled in the programme each year. The words and terms used before and during the service year can confuse graduates.

NYSC abbreviations

The journey begins with submitting documents for school to send names to NYSC. The following processes involve using terms and words strange to graduates.

To understand better, graduates should get themselves acquitted with those words and terms. This will make the service year a success.
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NYSC Abbreviations

If we look at the many terms used during NYSC programme, one thing is for sure. Some are recognised by NYSC while others are just slang. It is good to separate both.

Official Abbreviations And Meaning

NYSC: national youth service corps

Green card: a letter registered members print out after successful registration for the programme. It contains the basic information sent to NYSC during registration.

Call up letter: a letter that is printed out or gotten from school containing state deployed to. It contains member bio-data

Call up number: a unique number associated with a registered member for the scheme. It contains the abbreviation for school of graduation, year mobilise and a special number

DG: director general who is the head of the scheme

ST: state coordinator who is the head of the scheme at state level

AI: area inspector is in charge of the programme in a given area

ZI: zonal inspector is in charge of the programme in a given zone

LI: local inspector is in charge of the programme under a local government area

LG: Local government is the area a local inspector covers

LGA: local government area is a local government in a state

Allowance: stipend paid to corpers by the federal, state, local government is private sector

Book of Life: a huge book signed by corp members in camp or at the state NYSC Secretariat

CDS: community development service is a group of activities to improve the environment they are serving

CDS card: an official NYSC card signed by the LI with a passport photograph attached to it after the last CDS

CLO: corps liaison officer is the head corpers in charge of all corpers in that LGA: local government area

Clearance: a monthly activity to prove that you have not ascounded from work

DEC: deputy editor in chief

De-camp: corpers sent from camp but come back to collect their posting letter on the last day of camp

Exco: executive council officers of a corpers NYSC CDS group

OBS: orientation broadcasting station is in charge of information dissemination during camp

PCM: prospective corp members are members who have been given call up but have not done swearing in ceremony

CM: corpers that have done swearing in ceremony

Platoon: a group of corpers with state code having the same last number

Platoon commander: a corpers leading a platoon during parade

Platoon Inspector: a camp official in charge of a platoon

Platoon leader: a corpers assisting the platoon inspector for platoon activities

Overall platoon commander: a corper who is in charge of all the platoons

PPA: place of primary assignment is the place a corper will serve his fatherland working four times a week

POP: passing out parade out of camp or out of the programme

PRO: public relation officer

CC: camp Commandant is the highest soldier in camp

Camp director: the head camp official in charge of camp activities

SAED: skills acquisitions and entrepreneurship development is a programme for corpers to learn new beneficial skills during the service year

PV: payment voucher

State code: this is the official state identification number given to all corp members after registration in camp. It contains your state abbreviations, year and batch and a unique number

Posting letter: a letter containing your PPA

Senate list: list of names receive from a school eligible to register for NYSC

Revalidation: application for revalidation is when the PCM registered previously but failed to go to camp after printing call up letter

Remobilization: application for remobilization is when the PCM went to camp but failed to report to PPA or ascounded

Domicile letter: a letter from a husband to NYSC applying for redeployment of his wife to his state of residence stating clearly his home address
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Unofficial Abbreviations And Meaning

Ghost corper: a corper that don't participate in activities yet collect allawee

Mami market: a group of shops selling and rendering various services in NYSC orientation camp to both camp officials and corpers

Otondo: a word for New corpers or sometimes use to mean foolish corper

Double, you and your shadow (last man): run to parade ground

Corpers wee: an exclamation to a corp member of which the response is waa

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