Historically, the politically fragmented Nigerian configuration, barely five and a half years post- Independence on October 1, 1960, resulted in ruinous coup d’états on January 15, 1966 and July 29, 1966, respectively, both of which claimed the lives of political leaders and others from different parts of the country.
Since inception, the NYSC has recorded important successes. For example, it has helped enhance cultural integration across Nigeria’s vast 923,768 square kilometres, geographical land mass. Oftentimes, NYSC participants have never travelled outside their geopolitical zones and the opportunity, or depending upon one’s perspective, the compulsion, to travel and undertake national service outside their “comfort zone” is a fantastic boon.
The central contention against the NYSC by its principled opponents is that mandating NYSC participation is completely and utterly non-sensical because it is effectively sending graduates to an early grave in the name of “so-called national unity”. Two, will the average, rational Nigerian parent willingly send his /her child to harm’s way given the insecurity encompassing the country?
Section 1 of the Constitution clearly establishes that “this Constitution is supreme and its provisions shall have binding force on all authorities and persons throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
Arguendo, the NYSC legislation de facto, appertains to legal positivism given the post-Civil war dynamics supra. Notwithstanding, laws and policies don’t exist in silos. They exist in the context of adaptiveness to socio-economic, socio-legal and socio-political evolution. The NYSC Act and programme, cannot be static ad infinitum. Society is not static: it is dynamic! So, good laws in progressive societies must be nimble to development, changing circumstances and existential threats.
On August 14, 2023, 22 gallant military officers and soldiers of the Nigerian armed forces were killed by terrorists in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger state. According to SB Morgen Intelligence, not less than $18.34 million was paid to terrorists as ransom by victims’ families and government between June 2011 and March 2020. The same organisation in its report entitled “The Economics of Nigeria’s Kidnap Industry” affirmed that approximately N653.7 million was paid in ransom in Nigeria between July 2021 and June 2022.
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