Guest Writer Critically Reviews, Criticizes Current NYSC Scheme

In his article entitled NYSC Scheme and the Challenge of Nation-Building, our guest blogger Hussain Obaro discusses how (and if at all) written objectives of the National Youth Service Corps are implemented today, and if Nigerian youths are allowed to contribute to their fatherland’s development.
Mr. Obaro reminds that, as stipulated in the mission statement, NYSC were created to:
1. Inculcate discipline in Nigerian youths.
2. Raise the moral tone of the Nigerian youths.
3. Develop common ties among the Nigerian youths and promote national unity and integration.
4. Remove prejudices, eliminate ignorance and confirm at first hand the many similarities among Nigerians of all ethnic groups.
5. Develop a sense of corporate existence and common destiny of the people of Nigeria.
6. Develop in the Nigeria youths the attitudes of mind, acquired through shared experience and suitable training, which will make them more amenable to mobilization in the national interest.
7. Enable Nigerian youths acquire the spirit of self reliance by encouraging them to develop skills for self employment.
8. Contribute to the accelerated growth of the national economy.