Calls for scrapping of NYSC unnecessary – NYSC Director

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has advised Nigerians seeking the scrap of the scheme not to be unnecessarily emotional.

Giving the advice during a Unity Walk organised to mark the 50th anniversary of the scheme in Osun, the Director, South West Area Office of the NYSC, Amusan Oluwole Julius said scraping the scheme is not the best for Nigeria.

Amusan who stood in for the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed, during the Unity Walk in Osogbo, reminded Nigerians that in the 50 years of the existence of the NYSC, a lot has been achieved.

According to him, “There may be issues in the past, the challenges the scheme is facing are not enough to call for its scrapping.

“NYSC has done this nation a lot of good. The NYSC is felt in all the 774 local governments in Nigeria.

“Calling for the scrapping is not the best thing anybody can talk of now.

“You will agree that NYSC has made giant strides in the last 50 years.