The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the opening of its registration and accreditation process for interested Cyber Café Operators (CBOs) across Nigeria. The management said the move aims to promote transparency and orderliness in the NYSC online registration system while strengthening its partnership with technology service providers.
According to the NYSC, accredited Cyber Café Operators will receive periodic training to help them understand new updates on the NYSC Integrated System (NIS) platform. The Scheme explained that this initiative is designed to “bring sanity to the NYSC online registration process” and to “weed out quacks among Cyber Café operators.”
The objectives of the accreditation include promoting error-free online registration for prospective corps members, encouraging partnership between NYSC and CBOs, and ensuring proper monitoring of operators through a national database.
Fees for participation include an Expression-of-Interest fee of N5,000, a New Registration fee of N20,000, and an Annual Renewal fee of N18,000. The NYSC warned that Cyber Café Operators must not charge more than N3,000 for services rendered to prospective corps members, whether Nigerian or foreign-trained.
The Scheme listed benefits such as new business opportunities, access to NYSC technical support, and periodic training sessions. It added that partnership with NYSC will help operators expand their digital service capacity.
Interested Cyber Café Operators are required to register on the NYSC CBO portal Link and upload all necessary documents. Successful applicants will be issued a provisional registration, pending inspection and verification of their premises.
The NYSC stated that accredited operators will receive official certificates after signing the Cyber Café Operators Agreement, followed by regular monitoring to ensure compliance with the Scheme’s standards.