Presidential candidate for the African Action Congress (AAC) party, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed his plan to scrap the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme for a voluntary two-year expanded job opportunity for fresh graduates if elected by Nigerians as the next president in the 2023 election.
Mr Sowore, a human rights activist, said this on his Twitter page on Monday.
He tweeted, “As President of Nigeria, what is NOW known as National Youth Service Corps @officialnyscng would no longer be compulsory, instead it will become a voluntary 2-year expanded “Job Corps” programme for fresh graduates.”
NYSC is a programme set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime to involve Nigerian graduates in nation-building and the development of the country.
There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973, graduates of universities and later polytechnics have been required to take part in the National Youth Service Corps programme for…
