Am a batch A corp member currently serving in a school in Warri South L.g in Delta state. A seminar was held today by the head of SAED at the secretariat. He addressed the issue of unemployment and the inevitable need for skill acquisition in our sick economy. SAED (Skill Acquisition & Entreneurship Development) is a programme which has already been introduced to us in camp. Now, it has been made compulsory for all corpers to pay #5000 and engage in one of the skill acquisition programme; art and design, computer training, bead making, food processing, make-up, agronomy etc, without which you can't be given your discharge certificate. Mind you, their so-called training is just the theoritical aspect. Those who want to learn the real deal, that is, the pratical aspect would have to pay the stipulated amount (different from the #5000) to get the desired knowlege. I see this as a disguised means of extortion. Fellow corpers, is this compulsory in your state?

Scam every where in this country. Just a way of takin back a fraction of d alawi.

Aifey: Scam every where in this country. Just a way of takin back a fraction of d alawi.

Imagine!