The Federal government is set
to make the youth service
year optional for Nigerian
graduates according to
Director-General of NYSC,
Brigadier-General Johnson
Olawumi.
Speaking at a meeting with
President Muhammadu
Buhari on Wednesday,
Olawumi said there were
plans to make the scheme
voluntary and reduce the
corps population to make the
programme more
sustainable.
Permanent Secretary of the
Federal Ministry of Youth
Development, Mrs. Rabi
Jimeta had said that the
annual enrolment of corps
participants had increased
from 2,364 at inception in
1974 to 229,016 in 2014.
"Given the increasing number
of tertiary institutions, our
projection is that the number
of corps participants may rise
to 300,000 by year 2020,’’ she
said.
President Buhari assured that
his administration will ensure
the continuity and the
betterment of the programme.

http://www.nigerianbulletin.com/threads/nysc-fg-to-make-youth-service-optional-for-nigerian-graduates.115543/

Hmmmm...

Voluntary and without Allawee? I trust my naija people.

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Long overdue

Bubu just cancel it at once, after all you didn't even serve

Hopefully this will be implemented..

Total cancellation is better. All the same,good development

Does that mean the FG is short of fund to finance the NYSC i.e allawee for corps member?

Pls scrap Nysc

Good move... I think it should be replaced with core industry training from participating organizations for the best graduating students. Exams could be conducted and the best could be selected to be absorbed directly by banks, oil companies and government institutions, the rest will forward match to other free enrollment to quality specialized training Programmes in ICT and computer, Finance and Business Management, engineering etc etc...

That simply defeats the goal of the scheme.

If true, this is tantamount to nullity. But I must say that I concur with such a development. The NYSC although commendable when it originated has over the decades lost direction. As we all know it was intended to build ethnic relationships between all ethnic enclaves of the nation. But over the years unfortunately has become a boggy contraption against the students.

Why is the April 2015 Nigerian law school examination results not out?

They keep postponing the release of the results keeping a lot of students in morbid tension.

We want change, not delay. Haba!!

Pls the relevant authorities should look into this as a matter of urgency.

MosakuAW:

Long overdue

Quite true. The NYSC should be scrapped or if it must subsist then it should be on volition not mandatory. The scheme is worthless.

Let d nonsense b scrap

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#GiveUsBackOurOneYear

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

It shouldn't be scrapped or made voluntary. It should just be reformed and allowance should be increased.

Honestly, if I hadn't served in Kaduna I would still still all Northerners are Muslim, violent, uneducated, etc.
My youth service exposed me to a lot and I pray more people have that experience. It's really important for our unity and stability. As long as you go with an open mind, you will learn a lot more than you could ever learn in a life time.

Uhm...wait for me to serve first abeg . Voluntary or not

Let them scrap it jor ,it's just a waste of time ,is it by force to serve your country as if the country served me