[COLUMN] NYSC Discontinuation Bill, A Legislative Energy Misdirected

The Bill to scrap the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), it was learned, has reached second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives. The Bill is sponsored by the lawmaker representing Andoni-Opobo/Nkoro federal constituency of Rivers sptateS, Hon. Awaji-Inombek Abiante.

He listed various factors that are undermining the vision of the NYSC founding father, former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd).

Abiante argued that the youth scheme  has led to the “incessant killing of innocent corps members in some parts of the country due to…