The House of
Representatives on Thursday in Abuja
passed for second reading a bill seeking
an improved welfare package for members
of the National Youth Service Corps.
The bill seeks to amend the NYSC Act No
51 of 1993 by making provisions to
enhance the welfare of corps members,
encourage acquisition of special business
and commercial skills at the end of the
annual service year.
Moshood Mustapha (All Progressives
Congress – Kwara), who sponsored the
bill, expressed regrets over unemployment
and poverty rate bedeviling the country.
He said the proposed amendment would
encourage self-employment.
Section 7(3) of the proposed amendment
seeks to increase state governments
annual subvention from N500,000 to
N50m, to enable NYSC to cater adequately
for the welfare and skill acquisition needs
of corps members.
It said such minimum subvention shall be
provided before the commencement of the
service year, for which it was intended.
Section 18 (2) also seeks to increase
minimum accommodation allowance from
N250 per month to N5,000 while transport
allowance might be increased from N150
per month to N5,000.
The sponsor added, “The bill seeks to
amend the NYSC Decree 51 of 1993 to
provide for the training of corps members
to acquire skills and business.
“It would enable them to seek other means
of sustainable livelihood and fend for
themselves other than the white collar
jobs that are in acute shortage”. (NAN)

Scrap NYSC and montise the allowance to graduates.

Nonsense...a disguise to deceive us to vote them ....... They will not succeed..

donmalcolm21:
Scrap NYSC and montise the allowance to graduates.

aw many graduate do u think will get the money