Common NYSC (National Youth Service Corps) terminologies you should know as a Corp Member or Prospective Corp Member.
- NYSC: National Youth Service Corps
2. PCM: Prospective Corps Member. It means awaiting corper
3. Green Card: This is a coloured ‘print-out’ that contains the personal data of a PCM; this document can only be printed out after PCM have completed their online registration.
4. Call-up Letter: This is a letter that NYSC sends to every PCM, telling them where they are posted and when to report to the place.
5. Corps Member A corps member is a member of the NYSC. A Federal Government kid.
6. Corper: A short way of saying “Corps Member.”
7. Allawee: This is a monthly allowance paid to every serving corps member.
8. LGI: Local Government Inspector. An NYSC officer in charge of corps members posted to a certain local government.
9. AI: Area Inspector. Nysc officer in charge of corps members posted in a certain zone of a state. ‘LGI’ is under ‘AI’.
10. Book of Life: This book is very important in the NYSC camp; hence the name “book of life.” All the corps members in NYSC camp must sign in the ‘book of life’ before leaving camp; failure to do so, your service year will be without form or void.
11. Double up: This is military slang. In Nysc camp, soldiers use it when they want to tell corpers to run faster.
12. Light out hour: This is a time at night when all lights must be switched off. At this time, corps members are expected to sleep.
13. Otondo: It means lazy. Soldiers use it when referring to corps members whom they think are lazy and need more training.
14. Mami Market: This is a camp market that is located inside the Nysc camp.
15. PPA: Place of Primary Assignments. This is a place where corps members are posted to serve after the 21-day camp training.
16. CDS: Community Development Service. Just as the name implies. Corps members are expected to contribute to developing the community where they are posted.
17. CDS card: An official Nysc card where corps members attach a passport photo graph. LGI signs it after the CDS meeting, which usually holds once a week, usually on Thursdays.
18. PV: payment voucher. Corps Members must sign PV to be able to receive their entitlement; signing a PV requires a clearance letter from your PPA boss. Without signing a PV, you won’t receive an allowance for that month.
19. CLO: Corps Liaison Officer. This is a corps member who was made the ‘head’ of other corpers posted under a certain local government area.
20. Ghost Corpers: These are corps members who are serving Nigeria from their fathers’ house
21. Magical Corpers: These are corps members whose parents are rich and powerful, usually big politicians. They do not participate in service at all, but they receive benefits even more than those that participate fully.
22 HSE: Health Safety Environment. A course available in NYSC.
23. NIM: National Institute of Management. A course available in NYSC.
24. Platoon: In Nysc camp, Corps members are split into 10 groups; each group is called a platoon. Platoons are numbered from 1 to 10. Example: platoon1, platoon2, platoon3,… Platoon10
25. Platoon Commander or Leader: A corps member placed in charge of a platoon.
26. Platoon Officer: An NYSC staff in charge of a platoon.
27. PMP: Project Management Professional. A professional course is available in Nysc.
28. POP: Passing Out Parade. The end of your Nysc service year.
29. PPA Posting Letter: This letter tells you where you have originally been posted for your ppa
30. PPA. Place of primary assignments
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