The Federal Government has announced its plan to reform the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to make it a revenue-generating agency.

The Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme.

Asked if there were immediate plans to increase the monthly allowance of corps members, the minister said the Federal Government was working on reforming the NYSC scheme to reflect the present realities of the nation.


“We all understand that resources are dwindling, even oil revenues are not as they used to be but we will find innovative ways of ensuring that corps members’ welfare is well-taken care of.

“When it comes to remuneration and looking totally at the holistic funding of the NYSC, we have announced a reform of the NYSC scheme itself. So, we want the scheme to go beyond that social programme of government to be that revenue-generating scheme and agency.

“The reforms which transform the NYSC into a revenue-generating agency and prepare the corps members for the job market and to be decently and gainfully employed or to be employers of labour through entrepreneurship and of course, perfect matching into primary assignment and all the support they need in that career path.”


She also disclosed that corps members were no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country.


“As an immediate intervention of the government and the NYSC as an agency, we have actually stopped posting corps members to the very unsafe states.

abhosts:
When Lagosians rightly labeled Tinubu as a draconian Taxmaster, una no gree hear word. For this man and his wicked APC, IGR increase is the only measure of a successful government. If masses complain of hardship, they would tell masses to celebrate record-breaking IGR.

In normal countries, heads of examination bodies are commended based on pass rate and student participation but APC was praising head of jamb based on revenue he brought in.

flore1823:
The minister is confused nonsense

blacknp:
That is the job of the individual schools.

Please don’t confuse your hungry school principal with the registrar of JAMB.

The Joint Admission & Matriculation Board is a revenue making entity of the Federal government, whether you pass or fail is not their concern.

Namaster:
The quickest way to generate revenue from NYSC is to SCRAP it.

It's a total money pit.

The cost of feeding THOUSANDS of people for 3 weeks alone is ASTRONOMICAL. Multiply that by the number of streams in a year then include the padded parts that are embezzled and you'll quickly realize the cost is UNGODLY.

Add in a personnel costs and the 33k/month allowance and you'd see it's an UNSUSTAINABLE and ABSOLUTE waste of money.

SCRAP NYSC and it'll automatically become a revenue-generating agency due to money saved.

blacknp:
That is the job of the individual schools.

Please don’t confuse your hungry school principal with the registrar of JAMB.

The Joint Admission & Matriculation Board is a revenue making entity of the Federal government, whether you pass or fail is not their concern.

abhosts:


See this Abule Egba Grammar school graduate telling me what exam boards are like outside Nigeria. College Board is the body behind SAT exams written by millions of students worldwide. Show me any article where their leadership is being praised for revenue they bring in.

blacknp:
Long overdue they got these children to work, if you don’t want to do farm work, teaching, medicare, construction & engineering, or serve society don’t graduate from university.

In other countries with similar schemes like The NYSC, it is a 1 or 2 years compulsory military program.