Prospective corps members may soon have one more item to add to their NYSC mobilisation checklist: proof that they’ve paid the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) its proposed ₦200 annual dues. He wrote that NANS “will be working with NYSC” and that one of the requirements for mobilisation to camp would be a NANS dues receipt. Tying a national dues payment to NYSC mobilisation, a process that already frustrates thousands of prospective corps members every batch, changes the conversation from “affordable fee” to “additional bureaucratic hurdle.” There’s no indication yet that the NYSC Directorate Headquarters has formally adopted a requirement mandating proof of NANS dues payment before mobilisation. We’ll continue to track this story and update readers as NANS and NYSC clarify the next steps.