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jidobaba (m)
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^^You are right but at the same time wrong. The NYSC is relevant in-principle, the execution however is wanting. I see the service period as effective in nation-building but completely useless/irrelevant as a means of gaining on-the-job experience. Forget corpers dieing on the roads, or in religious/ethnic clashes- these are the vicissitudes of life, could happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime. I taught in a roofless school in the north. In practical terms it was a thoroughly wasteful year of my life, but I have bitter/sweet memories of that year- probably because I am a bit of a romantic. Completed service and in no time got frustrated/ jaded with the unproductive search for non-existent job. I therefore added that wasted year to my long list of grievances against the corrupt machine running this country. I agree with you that the NYSC be stopped until this country has been cleansed of the stench of corruption, until our schools are brought to standard, until nepotism gives way to merit, until our cowardly heads are grounded into the wall, until passiveness is drowned by revolution, until death takes lives, until hopelessness is replaced with ambition,
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