NYSC: Thinking Out-Loud about the
Youth Corps
March 18: Going by the types of mentions
on Twitter, it appears that the national
youth service corps (NYSC), the popular
program Nigerian university graduates
have been required to enroll in for a year
since 1973, may be, for whatever reason,
losing some of its cachet among ordinary
Nigerians. # NYSC trended wildly
Thursday, with lots of tweets focusing on
what’s wrong with what has essentially
become a paid extended summer camp for
young adults. Those who’ve lived through
the once-in-a-life time experience offered
suggestions, memories, impressions and
the aftermath.

Sapiosexual @ChukwukaJerri
NYSC should be made optional.
I hope I am making sense.

Fola Banji @Uncle_Fola
NYSC: Breaking up relationships since
1973.

Satyagraha @GbodiLuther
The NYSC scheme ain’t empowering
anyone. I don’t espouse it be abolished,
but be reviewed with better ideas &
policies.

David Obed @DAVEOBED
NYSC wasted your year because you let
it!

Natu @Hannatu_tt
Do you know that with N19,800 monthly
allowance NYSC pays you, some people
have developed and established business?

Voice Of PH City @TWEETEST_BOI
NYSC is just FG giving you the
opportunity to test chicks from different
regions of Nigeria. Real G’s will be
grateful. NYSC rocks!

The Emperor @bakrinconnects
Yea. Sometimes it’s the ‘poor’ secondary
school gals that want some action with
the NYSC boys .

Blvck Mischief™ @Ken_3dy
Well another thing NYSC helps you do is
teach you how to be prudent in spending.
Believe me, you get to learn to be
economical.

AMILA GBENGA SEGUN @gbeny007
Don’t get it twisted, I’m not a 10 figures
monthly income earner but I have what it
takes to take you out of your redundancy
as a NYSC guy/gal.

CeeJayy @ceejayesq
I don’t get why people hate NYSC so
much. For me it was a time to be merry &
chill before the harsh realities of life
roared in.

E.coli @Mista_Wizle
I go to NYSC camps as one of the
collaborating agencies and we don’t even
care which University you are from,
whether private or public.

ENGR. CHIDI @iCHIDII
To get a job here in 9ja after NYSC, you
really need to dust your Bible well
because ‘man know man’ is now the way
forward.

Finetuned @icent222
If after NYSC the only thing you ‘gain’ is
living in somewhere new and meeting new
peeps, then it tells little about our youth
empowerment skills in Nigeria.

AMILA GBENGA SEGUN @gbeny007
As a new NYSC graduate, the earlier you
put that euphoria behind you, the better.
The reality is some depressed,
unemployed guys were once in your
shoes.

Mberede chimaobi @Costan306
Everybody wants to graduate and go for
NYSC and when it’s over, they’d want to
become undergrads again.

Bee! @Bankiecute
80% of people that didn’t go for NYSC will
regret not experiencing it later in life.

Natalieafrican @MsNattalie
NYSC isn’t part of work experience. It
makes you question the validity of the
whole process.

Amina @_theAmeena
Lol. Who is even excited about NYSC?
Nobody.

Simple Baby @TheIvuoma
Nigerian employers want you to be 23
years old with 5 years post-NYSC work
experience. I don’t know if I’ve been
working from the womb.

Noob Saibot @iDeric
During NYSC, while we were sweating for
Nigeria, elite kids went for Masters and
still got their discharge certificates.

Adegoke Temilade @Smlewittemmy
@nysc_ng I sent an email to the DG
stating my complaint but no reply. I have
not received my January allowance till
date.
What do you guys think