The National Service Secretariat has announced an extension of the deadline for the registration of the 2017/2018 service year to Thursday, August 31, 2017.

The registration that has raised a lot concerns about the inefficiency of the system was scheduled to be ended on 24th July, 2017, a month after it was commenced.

READ ALSO: National Service Scheme NSS inaugurates board members

However a statement released by Ussif Mustapha, Acting Executive Director  instructs all person who for some reason could not register to do so till the newly set deadline.

Below is the full statement:

The Management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has extended the deadline for the 2017/2018 service year registration to Thursday, August 31, 2017.

Management therefore urges all prospective national service personnel, who for varied reasons have not yet been able to complete their registration processes, to take advantage of the extension and do so to avoid being locked out.

READ ALSO: Teacher trainees to write licence exams

Management further directs all prospective national service personnel who have issues with their postings, to contact their respective NSS regional secretariats across the country or the head office for direction and assistance.

Management wishes to remind all prospective national service personnel that the 2017/2018 service year begins from Friday, September, 1, 2017.