Nigeria’s youth and sports minister Sunday Dare, on Wednesday, said the NYSC remained one of the country’s greatest tools for youth development.
He tweeted: “The NYSC scheme remains one of the greatest tools for National development for our youth.”
He said: “The commitment of the government to sustaining the NYSC scheme remains.”
He noted that the “dynamic Reforms and Initiatives towards current realities are ongoing.”
While details of the reforms hinted at by the minister are unknown, some Nigerian tertiary institution graduates observing the scheme have been victims of abduction, killing, and attack in the northeast region of Nigeria.
In January 2021, the NYSC exempted corps members posted to Borno State from the annual camping exercise.
“2020 Batch A Corps members serving in Borno State are exempted from the camp resumption,” NYSC said when it announced the exemption in a tweet.
Although the NYSC did not state any reason for the exemption of corps members posted to the northeast state, events in the northeast at the time suggested that it could be for security reasons.
Between November and December 2020 alone, more than 50 persons had lost their lives in attacks by Boko Haram, bandits, and other insurgency groups in Borno State.
Regardless of the concerns generated by these killings, Sunday Dare said, “Nigeria will stand with her youth.”
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