The House of Representatives is considering the halt of the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
The military regime of General Yakubu Gowon had established the NYSC on May 22, 1973, under Decree No. 24 of 1973 as a way of uniting Nigerians after the almost 3-year civil war in 1970.
However, a Constitution Alteration Bill, 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, will likely scale second reading when it is submitted by its sponsor, Mr Awaji-Inombek Abiante.
Abiante argues for the scrapping of the scheme following “Incessant killing of innocent corps members in some parts of the country due to banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence; incessant kidnapping of innocent corps members across the country.
“Public and private agencies/departments are no longer recruiting able and qualified Nigerian youths, thus relying heavily on the availability of corps members who are not being well remunerated and get discarded with impunity at the end of their service year without any hope of being gainfully employed,” he added.
