Should It Be Scrapped?: Senator Shehu Sani Reveals What Should Be Done to NYSC
- Senator Shehu Sani has advised against scrapping the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
- The former federal lawmaker urged the Nigerian government to expand the NYSC's mandate to include full military training
- Sani's comment comes amid a bill introduced at the House of Reps seeking to scrap the NYSC
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Senator Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker from Kaduna state, has weighed in on the debate over whether or not the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should be scrapped.
Legit.ng had reported that the House of Representatives was considering a bill to scrap the NYSC.
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The bill titled the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill, 2020, was sponsored by Awaji-Inombek Abiante.
Abiante lamented that innocent corps members are being killed or kidnapped in some parts of the country due to banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence.
The lawmaker stated that the purpose of the NYSC which was meant to promote national unity and integration has been defeated because Corps members are now being posted to their geopolitical zone due to insecurity across the country.
However, reacting to the bill, Senator Sani said the NYSC should not be scrapped noting that the scheme is "needed now more than ever before".
Rather, the former lawmaker advised the Nigerian government to expand the NYSC's mandate to include full military training for the participants as parts of the efforts to address insecurity.
Sani in a tweet seen by Legit.ng also noted that the NYSC has enabled many Nigerians to know other parts of the country apart from their immediate communities.
The tweet reads:
"The NYSC should not be scrapped.Its needed now more than ever before.Many Nigerians have never known anywhere other than their hometown and University town if not for NYSC.
"Its mandate should be expanded to give participants full military training in the face of insecurity."
The NYSC was created on May 22, 1973, as an avenue for the reconciliation, reconstruction, and rebuilding of the nation after the civil war.
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In other news, corp members posted to the Bayelsa state are not having the best of experience.
In a recent video shared by @gossipboyz1 on Instagram, an unidentified distraught corps member, in the company of his colleagues, lamented the poor state of their orientation camp.
He hammered on the fact that the shabby looking lodge exposed them to mosquitoes and wasn't properly ventilated.
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