NYSC at 50: Stakeholders assess scheme, as corps members make demands

Activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, gained momentum across Nigeria last week.

Members of the corps spend 12 months contributing to the development of various sectors, most prominently the education and health sectors. He underscored the role of NYSC in promoting unity as it provides opportunities for young Nigerians to leave the environment of their birth and upbringing and “go to where they have never imagined.”

Ibem enumerated other benefits of NYSC thus: “One, the scheme has helped our youths discover their talents and business opportunities in areas where they are posted for their primary assignments. According to him: “Most Nigerians served their country only during the one-year compulsory service; after the NYSC programme, the majority of Nigerians don’t have the opportunity to serve their nation again. This is bad.”

For instance, not less than 200, 000 corpers were enlisted by the Independent National Electoral Commission during the 2023 elections, constituting 75 percent of the election workers. In the past years, several corps members have paid the supreme price and fallen victims of bandits, insurgents, unknown gunmen, and other criminal elements wreaking havoc across the nation.This concern was also shared by the AYCF president, who pointed out that the insecurity situation in the country is a discouraging factor for young Nigerians, who now worry about being posted to states affected by banditry or insurgency.

In 2002, corpers were paid N11, 000, and 21 years later, they are earning N33, 000, following the implementation of the national minimum wage by the Federal Government in 2020.

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