The joy of every corps members and their families is to get a good job after school, settle down and enjoy their hard labour, but with the negligence of government, reverse is the case. After years of learning, corps members will have to go and spend a mandatory one year, serving the nation that care less for the security and well-being. Some have been posted to a very remote areas for their PPA (place of primary assignment) where the #19,800 monthly allowance cannot sustain them for a month. In many states, little or nothing is being paid as allowance for corps members. After the mandatory service year, a lot of corps members will have to go home and start their life all over again. This connotes that the one year mandatory service is a total waste of time. Yet, every four (4) months, approximately 100,000 Nigerian students are mobilize nation-wide for this service.
The federal government keep spending billions of naira on this scheme every year – the billions they refuse to establish companies and industries, in other to create employment for corps members. Let us do some calculations to see how F.G spends a huge amount on this programme.
In all 36 states of the federation, approximately 2,500 corps members are posted to each state and this is done 3 (three) times in a year (batch A, B and C), they are to spend 3 weeks in an orientation camp. There are also NYSC officials, military men, man-o-war, first aiders etc., who are used during the orientation camp for 3 weeks, they are about 500 in number. This means that in each state orientation camp approximately 3000 people are there. The F.G. provides for their feeding morning, afternoon and evening. If a single person spend #300 daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner, therefore for 21 days (3 weeks), a single person will spend #6300
A single person = 300 × 21
= #6300
3000 people will spend = 3000 × 6300
= #18,900,000
In all 36 states = 18,900,000 × 36
= #680,400,000
This is the amount spend on feeding in just a 3 weeks orientation camp. #680,400,000
Besides feeding, there are allowances given to corps members during the orientation camp (Transport allowance #1500, Bicycle allowance #1000 and Monthly allowance #19,800), they are #22,300 per person in total. Therefore, total allowance spend during the 3weeks orientation =
1 corps member = #22,300
2500 corps member (in a state) = 22,300 × 2500
= #55,750,000
In all 36 states = 55,750,000 × 36
= 2,007,000,000
This is the total amount spend on allowances for a 3 weeks orientation camp. #2,007,000,000
Feeding + Allowance during a 3 weeks orientation program = #680,400,000 + #2,007,000,000
= #2,687,400,000
Since the orientation program comes up 3 times in a year, therefore all the total expenditure for batch A, B and C spend by the federal government in a year = 2,687,400,000 × 3
= #8,062,200,000.
#8,062,200,000. Eight billion and sixty two million, two hundred thousand naira. (Amount spend on orientation camp every year)
Note: this calculation does not include the #19,800 monthly allowance that will be paid for the 11 months in various PPA after the orientation camp.
3000 people was calculated for feeding while 2500 people was calculated for allowance, this is because NYSC officials, military men, man-o-war, first aiders etc. do not receive allowance, they are salary earners.
You can imagine, if such money is used every year to build industries or companies. Do you think the rate of unemployed youth will be so high in the country?
What baffles me is that, why are they spending such huge amount every year on youth service yet it’s of little or no benefit for the nation and youths in general. Since majority of youth go back home to parents and start their life’s all over again looking for jobs!!!
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I agree with u bro, I see no significance of the mandatory exercise. It's a waste of time and adds no value at all to the Nigerian youths.

phatjoe50:
I agree with u bro, I see no significance of the mandatory exercise. It's a waste of time and adds no value at all to the Nigerian youths.

.its an added value programme unless u do not grap it.under SAED Programme series skill are put together so u can keep yourselves engaged if u do not get job after service.Not only in here unemployment is,the developed country battle with it as well

Nicogen4us:
.its an added value programme unless u do not grap it.under SAED Programme series skill are put together so u can keep yourselves engaged if u do not get job after service.Not only in here unemployment is,the developed country battle with it as well

wahala dey o,hw many weeks is d SAED program that u want to b a professional @ it; some1 spent years learning somerin but u wan spend days learning it. You can easily b deceived hence u dnt grab anypoint in d post

Ademat7:
wahala dey o,hw many weeks is d SAED program that u want to b a professional @ it; some1 spent years learning somerin but u wan spend days learning it. You can easily b deceived hence u dnt grab anypoint in d post

.You have to use the whole year of service to do any SAED programme that is what the NYSC constitution says unless u do not put in for good programme e.g agroallied,ICT but many corp member find it difficult because of money and do not register on time. I know this very well because am a facilitator for SAED Programme.NYSC believed that since u are a graduate you should be able to learn fast under a year than uneducated fellow who spend two to four years if u do not buy certificate of yours.