Minister Proposes Extension of NYSC to Two Years, Gives Reason
Israel Adeleke
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa has proposed an extension of the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to two years, adding that NYSC should give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country.
OTN News further reports that the minister who said this when the new Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu visited him in his office in Abuja, commended the digitalised process of the scheme, adding that the racketeering and forging of certificates have been reduced by the management of NYSC.
Furthermore, the minister who also addressed the lingering issue of the exemption of part-time OND graduates for NYSC, commended the leadership of the scheme, by advocating “for the extension of national service from one to two years, with the expansion of NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training programme content for Corps Members.”
According to him, “You have done so well as an organization. Let NYSC give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country."
Meanwhile, the NYSC DG in his response, said that the minister has been an integral part of the feats achieved by the scheme.
He, however, advocated for the constitution of a database of Nigerian youths who travel outside the country to obtain foreign degrees.
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