Nigerians have continued to express divergent views on the Federal Government’s extension of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation course as well as other reforms it approved for the scheme.
The government extended the orientation course from three weeks to six weeks.
The reforms were aimed at strengthening skills acquisition, improving career development and repositioning the scheme to better meet national development needs.
In interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday, some citizens said the extension would improve employability, but others described it as ill-timed and unnecessary.
A serving corps member, Miss Victoria Oyerinde, said a six-week orientation course would provide additional time for training, skills acquisition and bonding of corps members, if properly structured.
