pseudonomer:

If we choose to neglect those areas, and will allow them to continue in their folly ways, do you think very soon, we are going to regret that decision? In one of Asa's song title "Fire on the mountain" there's a line that says" ....One day, the river will over flow, and we'll run, run, wishing we had quenched the fire" I believe beheading someone that has headache is not the solution to the pain, in the real sense, it worsen it. Those poor souls(the "Boko-Harams" needs education, and the corp members posted there are doing a great job to increase the level of literacy there. What I will suggest is adequate security.

Oluwatola5: Are you insinuating that sacrifices of lives would be required for a better Nigeria? Lets be realists and not idealists, what offence could be greater than wasting of lives? The fact that something is good doesnt make it good at every point in time. Things especially those involving a large number of people should be done in accordance with how best they suit the people it encompasses. In a situation whereby some zones have been noted for continious disdain against people from other zones, i think simple logics to prevent further havoc from being done should be an immediate one. NYSC posting scheme should be readjusted to their geo-political zones before other issues and ''benefits'' are even mentioned. Nigeria should look first into the issue of poor security that is seriously threatening the very fabric of our country. Methinks it is facetious and inappropriate in a time like this for us to say that the scheme shouldnt be readjusted simply because of its ''benefits''. Before we even mention any ''benefit'' whatsoever, we should look at the risk of lives that is at hand and face it first, not puttting the cart before the wheel. Nigeria's government and the NYSC management should first ensure that all parameters have been put in place to check the excesses of some geo-political zones BUT pending the time, no more life should be wasted, the posting should be limited to their political zones.

pseudonomer:

It is not the benefit, it is the primary purpose why the scheme is created. The states affected is not up to 8 states, the few states affected can be excluded if needs to. But posting corp members to their geo-political zone is absurd with the primary purpose of the programme.

Pseudonomer: For examples, most corp members posted to the educational less developed states (EDLS) engaged in academics (teaching), which tend to improve the standard of education there, and increase the level of literacy.

cimetidine: You mean the Boko boys that clearly detest Western Education needs Education? Or don't you know their main reason for their violence is what you just mentioned? And can you give me an instance where a corp member walked up to a boko haram member(as if we can identify them) to educate him and what is the result sir? Will adequate security ease the fear and tension already created in people? Will adequate security ease the transport fares when corp members are paid meagre sums? Brother, admit the fact that corp members should be posted to their home zones, and I will appreciate and respect you.

cimetidine: @pseudonomer, Mandela just died sir and others you pointed out did not die the death of martyrs. They were jailed rather, there is a fine linen between Jails and death. After Mandela was jailed, he became South African's president. Can our slaughtered youths mount any challenge?

pseudonomer:

Good things are infectious, same goes with bad things. What I meant is that, "For examples, most corp members posted to the educational less developed states (EDLS) engaged in academics (teaching), which tend to improve the standard of education there, and increase the level of literacy."

Pseudonomer: If we remember, the NYSC scheme was created in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war.

Oluwatola5: Dont you think all these benefits are feasible ONLY if those communities are willing and ready to accept the NYSC members to impact in their lives. There is an adage that says ''you can force horse to a stream, but you can't force it to drink water''. Do you think those geo-political zones can be cowed to learn? Of course not! Learning and being accepted are two ball games entirely that shouldnt be mixed up for one another.

pseudonomer:

A lot of great men and women (Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jnr, and so on) lost their lives; some were jailed in a fight against race, tribe and gender discrimination.

pseudonomer:

Are you trying to say the fight for one Nigeria doesn't worth it?

Damex33: United as a
country especially in times
of trouble rather than be
divided between
East and West or North and
South

Oluwatola5: And i hope you are aware that the civil war ended a long time ago..

oluwatola5: The National Youth Service Corps programme established in the year 1973 under the 1973 decree states that ''every Nigerian below the age of 30 years that has completed his first degree programme is liable to be called upon to serve in the service corps''. It was formulated during the administration of General Yakubu Gowon. The scheme was intended to foster national unity after the civil war that polarised the country. It was also aimed at destroying the fears that existed among people of Nigeria then who feared to go, live or work in other parts of the country other than theirs.


Truth be told, the sole purpose of the NYSC scheme has been bastardized over the years as some geo-political zones have been too hostile, insensitive and lack security to ensure the safety and guarantee the protection of lives of the Corps members serving in other zones.

oluwatola5: The call for the scheme to be reviewed reached a crescendo with the gruesome killing of 10 Corps members following the post-election violence in Bauchi in April 2011. Then some disgruntled youth of the state meted out their annoyance about a Southerner, President Goodluck Jonathan, winning the election on the poor souls. This incident blacklisted the North and the following year, mass redeployment was recorded as many Corps members refused to go to the North as they couldnt stop thinking some unforeseen ills could befall them. Worthy of mention is the fact that Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko in Ondo state objected to their students being posted to the North because of one of its graduate, Mr Kehinde Jehleel Adeniji who was among the 10 who were slaughtered in Bauchi in 2011.

Damex333: You will all agree with me that even
with the trouble caused by
the group we must still hold
National Unity.

Omolola1:

Irrespective of the security situation in some parts of the country, the aim of solidifying unity amongst Nigerians is paramount and corp members should see this as a challenge 2 instill in their own little way for things to change this mindset and help others know that the insecurity is a national issue not geological.



Why do you think because of the loss of life that the aim of the scheme should be cancelled, afterall people die everyday. And if I can remember clearly the time of these deaths of those corps members was @ the time of election, and corp members were part of the electoral officers and dat was why they were targets. Before now, the reports of corps members bein attacked in the north were rare, so don't u fink dis is more of a political tin dan an ethnic thing?

pseudonomer:

Are you trying to say the fight for one Nigeria doesn't worth it?

pseudonomer: "Corp" members are posted to cities far from their city of origin. They are expected to mix with people of other tribes, social and family backgrounds, to learn the culture of the local people in the place they are posted to. This action is aimed to bring about unity in the country and to help youths appreciate other ethnic groups. But if they are posted to their geo-political zone, then they main objective of the NYSC scheme will be lost.

♥Dεs•Chγκσ♥:
@Cimetidine: Your argument is observed. However, you insisted that the NYSC is not achieving its aim. Aside from the 'probable' safety of their lives, what other purpose will limiting the Corpers to their Geo Pol Zone serve?

Omolola1:

Irrespective of the security situation in some parts of the country, the aim of solidifying unity amongst Nigerians is paramount and corp members should see this as a challenge 2 instill in their own little way for things to change this mindset and help others know that the insecurity is a national issue not geological.



Why do you think because of the loss of life that the aim of the scheme should be cancelled, afterall people die everyday. And if I can remember clearly the time of these deaths of those corps members was @ the time of election, and corp members were part of the electoral officers and dat was why they were targets. Before now, the reports of corps members bein attacked in the north were rare, so don't u fink dis is more of a political tin dan an ethnic thing?

pseudonomer:

Come on, with the rate of tribalism on our nairaland here? The NYSC scheme was created after the civil war in order not to have another civil war again.

Oluwatola5: To start with, i never said the scheme should be cancelled, if you read my concluding paragraph, i said it should be ''reviewed'' if the programme should be sustained, and i never said it was political, rather, methinks it is more of an ethnic crisis.

♥Dεs•Chγκσ♥:
@Pseudonomer: The intending Corpers have no say in where they will serve as the NYSC authorities do that. Talking about sacrifices, wouldn't you agree that the NYSC scheme is in truth, an outright violation of their right to live, by sacrificing Corpers against their will?

cimetidine: I mean the aim is to unite ethnic groups as argued by my opponents, however incessant cases of riot still lingers despite the geo-political zone posting.
Also sir, the cost of travelling is so far too much to afford talkless of travel risks. Thanks sir.