i have heared and thought about the saying that"now your struggle continues "(NYSC),but the truth behind it never occured not until recently when i was mobilized for the february /match batch of the national youth service scheme.

i must commend those who initiated this national youth service scheme.it will will be very useless if after ones year in the higher institution,and there is no NYSC certificate to crown the degree.

gone are those days when the pride of every citizen is to wear the kaki upon kaki,jungle boot-cap,simple because you see youth corpers well dresses ,well catered for and above all ,highly respected in the state of primary assingment.now adays,the reverse is the case.youth corpers are not recorgnized.normally when discharged from the orientation camp,there should be placement for everyone but the reverse is the case.

people now live orientation camp with the fear of rejection in their various place of primary assignment .one will now ask the question if there is adequate survey before these placements are being done.

moreso,when you here that the federal goverment spends at least one hundred and fifty thousand naira (150,000) on every youth corper in a yearand you ask your self where is the money.is the from the kits they give?is it from the over size jungle boots?,slacked up crested vests?,or the kaki upon kaki that gets shrinked on a first wash?,is it from the watery food and the typhoid water tea they prepare on camp?,is it from the federal monthly allowance that doesnt come again every month end?,rather,the middle of the following month.is it from the provided corpers lodge that is not even conducive for living and not big enough to accomodate reasonable number of corpers?,.

all these questions are for people who have answers to look into.come to think of it,some youth corpers were even posted to rural areas,where you have no electricity,no telecommunication reception and no means of transportation.the wise ones among them try to work their way out to the cities just because of opportunities.if not,they must have wasted one year all in the name of NYSC.Its even worse in the cities where female corpers are used as objects of satisfaction by men simply because they are looking for a way to survive.i think some parents should always try and ask your serving children where they are serving and what are they doing to survive.

take for example cross river state,calabar which is the capital.to get accomodation here is very expensive .a room is like sixty to sixty five thousand naira,a room self contain is like hundred to hundred and fifty thousand naira,depending on the area you want to stay.not all parents can afford to pay for such accomodation and a youth corpers monthly allowance for 6months will still not get such accomodation.

futhermore,if one will look at these observations,one will conclude that it does not worth it.if government can not handle the scheme anymore,then the best option is it to be scrapped.

conclusively,the national youth service scheme was a good initiative but now hope seems to be lost simply because nigeria as a country has never been active in maintenace and sustainance,rather she brings up good ideas which never last the test of time.