Not all Nigerians are incompetent, likewise, not all expatriates are competent. However, in the vast majority of cases expats from places such as the UK and the USA are on another level when it comes to professionalism and work ethic. It's even the little things, such as being punctual. I know from experience that the work culture in the UK in professional spheres is of a much better standard in big corporations. Unless you have schooled or worked in the UK as a professional you will not be able to understand my point. So,I wont take up any more of your time. It's probably best to agree to disagree in advance.

EXACTLY!!!

lumideezle: Somtimes I just wonder the plp that make policies in this country, som1 sld pls tell them that policy making is supposed 2 b "bottom up" not top to bottom. In a country whereby banks, IT firms are still bouncing corpers with 1 year exprience with them now u make a policy 2 worsen d unemployment now ur graduates don't even have any exprience @ all so how can they compete 2 work in these companies.

We have over 8000 copers in lagos alone per batch passing thru NYSC that's approxmately 21k copers per year (3batches) in lasgos alone. Now tell me how many schools, hospitals and Agric firms they are in d whole of nigeria se Don't forget that these institutions already have staffs o and u are virtually forcing these copers down their necks or do u want them 2 sack their staffs and employ coopers? You don't just make policies from ur confortable sit up there u ask the plp @ d bottom and I'm sure if this was done this senseless policy won't even b considered @ all. The policy is just making it more impossible for young graduates 2 get jobs cuz after 1 year in a sch or whatever thats if they are even lucky 2 get 1, u wld b thrown bck 2 d streets with no exprience @ all 2 even boast of so how do u compete?? The education, agric systems cannot even absorb the numbers we already. Neways when dem sef no kuku go school I dnt expect much from d dumb decision makers

All of you that have posted on this forum in favour of this new policy aka, ‘New Boloni’. Are either part of the retarded bunch of graduates who give decent graduates like myself a bad name, or you are part of the whipped NYSC staff who have been paid or encouraged to log onto this forum to spin this bodged and backwards policy to create the illusion that it is actually good for our country and its youth.
Only a fantasist would dare to suggest, that graduates that have sweat, read and suffered to obtain decent education and work experience in their respective fields can best serve their country by being coereced pigeon holed into these four categories. MADNESS! You are supposed to be encouraging and motivating the youth and tapping into their specific skill-sets and expertise. You are not supposed to be crippling them and wasting a year of their life paying lip service to a bigger problem. It’s like putting a carpenter in a bakery to bake and a baker in the carpentry to build a cabinet. Surely if a baker is good at baking cakes let him continue to learn and excel and teach others. If there is a lack of carpenters in the carpentry, invest in carpentry courses, pay carpenters more etc.... Its not as if the lawyer that spends a year teaching in the corper year will continue after service year. The non transferable skills acquired will go down the drain once they return to court! Where as if you send someone that studied education etc and is passionate about becoming a teacher to a school during there service year they will be grateful and they are more likely to have a positive LONG TERM impact on the country. This is a COMMON SENSE APPROACH!!!
I am in Batch A 2012, and I want to ask the drones that implemented this sham/ farcade of a policy if they, their children, or their gand children did such nonsense as corpers. What king of ridiculous knee jerk reaction is this.
Furthermore, this is fundamentally discriminatory, 2011 corpers etc do not have this nightmare to dela with…Do Batch A corpers have two heads? Whom did we offend? COMPLETE AND UTTER NOSENSE
I myself studied Law and worked for two years in a well paid job abroad. I came back to serve my homeland. And I am being repaid by being asked to go and teach English in a primary school or secondary school. After working for major international corporations. How is this helping me to help the country as BEST I can?
Let me ask you, would it not be better for me to bring my expertise to Nigeria and help rebuild my country whilst learning from other Nigerians and they learning from me in the field that I have read studied for the past ten years.
It’s not like I’m even snobbing the four industries. I would gladly get involved in community projects voluntarily or during CD days. Why not, after all I understand that it IS TRUE that Nigeria needs help in health and agriculture etc.
But how on earth, is playing Russian roulette with peoples careers going to help?

Signing out.



N/B I was so motivated about this new Nigeria and contributing to making it grow from strength to strength. People like Fashola, Iwela and Sanusi, inspire me…. However, there are still those that exist in high places in the NYSC that clearly continue to cripple the progress of this nation with there whimsical ill conceived and executed ideas. What’s more worrying is that it has been signed off by our elected exec.
Do they not travel abroad? Do they see this happening anywhere else?
God help Nigeria, and the abused, exploited and victimized batch A Corpers.
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