NYSC feels like, that awkward but unescapable pause between you and your plans. It is like, that relative you are barely close to but whom you must introduce your fiancé before the engagement can be finalised.

Every year, thousands of Nigerian youth graduate from the University, join the mob of people waiting for a job. Or waiting to proceed into a business or pursue a post-graduate degree. NYSC feels like, that awkward but unescapable pause between you and your plans. It is like, that relative you are barely close to, but whom you must introduce your fiancé before the engagement can be finalised. I am saying this because even though I feel that serving your country is a wonderful thing, I still think you do not need to be force held by a compulsory scheme to do that.