World Bank to partner NYSC on Corp members’ empowerment

The World Bank has expressed its willingness to collaborate with the National Youth Service Corps, to reduce the increasing number of unemployed youths in the country

The Country Director of World Bank, Ndiame Diop, said the Scheme’s achievements over the past fifty-one years, through the deployment of graduate youths across the country has transformed the development landscape of many rural areas.

Mr. Diop stated this on Wednesday when he led a team on a courtesy visit to the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja.

He stated further that Corps Members’ efforts in national unity, cohesion and socio-economic development of the country cannot be underestimated.

He praised the…