A lot of graduates go for NYSC every year which often involves leaving your comfort zone by going to a different state to stay and serve for a full year. Some people like the adventure and will like to go to other states to learn new things, experience new culture and meet new people. Some other people on the hand will like to go to familiar places where they already know their way around. Whichever reason you might have for making your choice, we will show you how to got posted to your preferred state(s).
While filling the NYSC registration you’ll be asked to select States that you’ve visited before. Any state you select during the registration will not show up when you have to choose a state to serve in. This is done to get you out of your comfort zone and get you to some place new. Now, NYSC allows prospective corpers choose 4 states they would like to serve in. Each of these 4 states must be chosen from any of the Geopolitical zone in Nigeria namely:
- North Central (loosely known as Middle Belt) e.g Benue. Kogi. Kwara. Nasarawa. Niger. Plateau etc
- North East e.g Adamawa. Bauchi. Borno. Gombe. Taraba. Yobe.
- North West e.g Jigawa. Kaduna. Kano. Katsina. Kebbi etc
- South East e.g Abia. Anambra. Ebonyi. Enugu. Imo.
- South South e.g Akwa Ibom. Cross River. Bayelsa. Rivers. Delta etc.
- South West e.g Ekiti. Lagos. Ogun. Ondo. Osun.
You should also know that the state from which you graduated from as well as your state of origin should not be among the chosen states as per NYSC rules. Now, the Trick here is to tick those states you don’t want to be posted to as the states you’ve been to before. So if you don’t want to be posted to let’s say Abjua, all you have to do is tick Abuja as one of the places you’ve been to, regardless of whether you’ve actually been there or not. Also, be sure not to over do it and just tick just some states.
You should also know that this method is not 100% certain but at least you won’t be posted to the states you don’t want to go to. If you have any questions about this, feel free to let us know in the comment section down below.
