The Federal Government’s newly approved reform of the National Youth Service Corps splits the orientation programme into three distinct phases and introduces 11 specialised career streams that corps members will select from at registration, according to details provided by the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, on Monday.
The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the comprehensive overhaul of the 53-year-old scheme, with the Minister of Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, describing it as the first holistic review of NYSC since it was established in 1973.
Briefing State House correspondents alongside Olawande after the FEC meeting in Abuja, Usman gave further details on how the reform would restructure the orientation camp experience and reshape how corps members are trained and deployed.
Here is all you need to know about the new structure:
The orientation camp now runs in three phases
