Improve NYSC Funding, Rehabilitate Orientation Camps, Ex-Corps Members Appeal to FG
The Association of Former Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), in collaboration with civil society organisations in Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to urgently increase funding for the NYSC and rehabilitate its orientation camps across the country.
The groups, operating under the auspices of the Reform NYSC Campaign (RNC), said improved funding and the comprehensive rehabilitation and upgrading of NYSC orientation camps should constitute the immediate priorities of government if the scheme must continue to deliver effectively on its mandate of youth development, national integration and peaceful coexistence.
In a statement jointly signed by the Coordinator of the Reform NYSC Campaign, Comrade Godsown Aigbe, and its spokesperson, Princess Mariam Idris, the groups said the welfare and safety of serving corps members must take precedence over what they described as proposed reforms that could impose additional financial burdens on the Federal Government.
According to the RNC, many NYSC orientation camps across the country are in urgent need of rehabilitation, with some lacking adequate accommodation, water supply, healthcare facilities, sanitation, recreational infrastructure and other basic amenities required to provide corps members with a safe and conducive environment during the orientation programme.
