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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