Minister proposes extension of NYSC to two years

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa has proposed an extension of the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to two years.

Commending the digitalised process of the scheme, Alausa said the racketeering and forging of certificates have been reduced by the management of NYSC.

The minister said this on Friday, when the new Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu visited him in his office in Abuja.

He also addressed the lingering issue of the exemption of part-time OND graduates for NYSC.

Further commending the leadership of the scheme, Alausa advocated “for the extension of national service from one to two years, with the expansion of NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training programme content for Corps Members.”

“You have done so well as an organization. Let NYSC give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country”, the minister said.

In his response, the NYSC DG said the minister has been an integral part of the feats achieved by the scheme.

He also advocated for the constitution of a database of Nigerian youths who travel outside the country to obtain foreign degrees.