President Goodluck Jonathan says he will not subscribe to calls to scrap the National Youth Service Corps scheme, established in 1973 to foster national unity.
The President spoke in Lagos at an interactive session with the youths to flag off activities for the inauguration as President on May 29.
Jonathan said there were plans to reform the scheme to achieve the goals for which it was established.
“The NYSC is a programme that is helpful to the Nigerian youth. It encourages integration and create environment for a youth to move out of his domain to learn other cultures.
“I am a beneficiary of the scheme because many of my friends today, I met them during my service year.
“I will therefore not subscribe to the call that I should scrap the NYSC. We already have plans to make the scheme to be more functional, practical and profitable,” Jonathan said.
There have been calls for the scrapping of the scheme, following the death of some corps members in some parts of the North during the post election violence.
The President also said that in the next six months, he would present bills for the amendment of the Constitution.
He called on relevant stakeholders including the youth, to submit memorandum that will be useful in drafting the executive bills.
Earlier, the President of the Nigeria Youth Council, Mr Olawale Ajani, had identified corruption, power and job creation as the critical areas the President should look into as his new administration takes off on May 29.
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'NYSC will not be scrapped'- Jonathan
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
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It would be to the best interest of parents or guardian if corps members are not allowed to serve in some of these brutal states.I rather stay at home than serve in a state where the chance of survival is low or where i'll continually live in fears in the name of fostering national integration.
ReplyDeleteWell Said,
ReplyDeleteI personally dont think you should sacrifice yourself for the country. if you want to be noble and be ready to give your life, then join the army. Nigeria is not at war ant thus, all these is not necessary