Nigeria’s House Of Representatives Drops Plan To Scrap One-Year National Youth Scheme

The House of Representatives Committee on Youths has said there is no plan to scrap the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC).

The chairman of the committee, Yemi Adaramodu, stated this in Abuja at an event on Thursday. 

At the unveiling of nine books on the national youth corps and NYSC film to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the scheme, the lawmaker described the programme as the most successful national programme fostering unity in the country. 

Recently, there have been debates in the national discourse about the relevance ofnthe scheme and it should be scrapped. 

The scheme…