NYSC Members To Now Undergo Six-Week Orientation Programme In Newly Introduced Policy

Currently and before this new development, the Corpers undergo three weeks orientation program.

Corps members participating in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will now undergo a redesigned six-week orientation programme under a sweeping reform approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC), marking what the Federal Government described as the first comprehensive review of the scheme in its 53-year history.

Currently and before this new development, the Corpers undergo three weeks orientation program.

The newly introduced policy is part of a broader overhaul of the NYSC aimed at equipping young Nigerians with leadership, entrepreneurship and digital skills while aligning the scheme with the country's economic development agenda.

Announcing the development in a statement issued on Monday, June 29, 2026, the Minister of Youth Development, Olawande Ayodele, said FEC had approved the comprehensive reform of the NYSC.