Abuja, Nigeria – The federal government don yarn say dem need to change National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to fit the modern world. This one no be joke o. Hadiza Bala-Usman, wey be special adviser to the president on policy, talk this one for stakeholders’ forum on Monday.
She don drop some serious gist about how the NYSC wey dey over 50 years no fit run with the old methods wey dem use before. “As time dey pass, we need to reinvent this scheme so e go fit serve the youth wey go rule tomorrow,” she talk.
Bala-Usman rise mouth talk say the current setup dey too centralized and analog, no be the way to carry go forward again. She say dem don discover say the scheme need wahala intervention to close legal and digital gaps. (E no easy to catch una attention, una sabi?)
Dem don propose some fresh ideas like a unified digital platform, gender-responsive deployment, and new money protocols wey go involve states and local government for NYSC. If dis governement fit carry all that make e happen, e go change the game for real.
Ayodele Olawande, the minister of youth development, join the gospel wey say the reforms go help corps members to stand on their own rather than just waiting for government jobs. “We wan make NYSC hustle for them,” he said, emphasizing that na better training we need now.
According to Olawande, the number of corps members dey rise join, but una no fit just leave them dey wait for government jobs. “After dem finish service, make dem fit become employers instead of employees,” he add.
As the talk don dey switch to how much people go benefit, Olakunle Nafiu wey dey run NYSC, gree sey the scheme don mature since 1973, but e remain serious work to keep am relevant.
Nafiu also carry some statistics come, say originally dem just dey mobilize over 2,000 corps members but now dem dey send out about 400,000 annually. This wahala no be small o!
Kashifu Inuwa wey dey lead National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) join the matter talk say these reforms go push the country to chase foreign market from abroad. “If we fit train small pikin them on digital skills, e go boost economy for us,” Inuwa confirm.
“Imagine we get millions of Nigerians dey work from outside; we fit make $100 billion annually. Na so we go dey push for trillion-dollar economy,” he added full of hope.
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