A graduate, Terna Tarka has taken the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for allegedly not allowing him to serve his motherland despite meeting the academic and age
requirements.
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However, in its defence to the suit the NYSC claimed that
Tarka did not meet the requirements and that the court
lacks jurisdiction to hear the suit.
Also joined in the suit isthe Ministry of Education in the
suit.
The plaintiff is asking the court to determine whether the
defendants' decision to deny him the opportunity to
register in the scheme's Batch A in March 2013 is lawful
and in accordance with the provisions of the NYSC Act, Cap
N84, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria.
He wants the court to determine whether he can be
disqualified on account of his not having five credits in his
Ordinary Level General Certificate in Education (GCE) or
West African Examination Council (WAEC) results.
Tarka sought a declaration that the defendants decision to
deny him the right to participate in the scheme is unlawful
and ultra vires.
He is urging the court to compel the defendants to register
him in the next batch.
The plaintiff further asked the court to award him
N5million damages for the defendants' "oppressive and
unwarranted acts" which denied him employment
opportunities.
Tarka said he has not found a job because employers insist
on the NYSC certificate, which he does not have.
He said he had two credits and four passes before
proceeding to the United Kingdom where he studied further
and remedied the other subjects, including Mathematics.
According to him, he studied at Irwin College, Leicester,
UK before he gained admission to Greenwich School of
Management of the Plymouth University where he took
'access modules' to enable him qualify and take a degree
programme.
He graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree,
Second Class Upper Division in Business Management and
Information Technology.
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