The Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has asked for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to be moved from one year mandatory service to two years, for university graduates.
“The minister also advocated 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.”
As seen on the NYSC official Facebook page, Alausa made this call when NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu visited his Abuja office on friday. He further stated that the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training Programme content for corps members be expanded.
Furthermore, the minister asked that more graduates—serving corps members be sent down to rural schools.
On the issue of OND part-time graduates with full-time HND, the minister lauded NYSC for resolving the issue and setting things right as graduates in this category were previously exempted from National Service.
Additionally, Alausa asked for NYSC to make moves to provide digital means of identifying and verifying foreign-Nigerian born graduates during service. He said it would help to do away with fake graduates.
“You have done so well as an organisation. Let NYSC give people more opportunities to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country,” he said.
On the other hand, the director general of NYSC said;
“NYSC is ready to comply with policy guidelines as directed by the Federal Government. We are also trying to reform the Scheme to conform with the present national needs.”
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