FG commends NYSC’s contribution to national development

By Racheal Oyelola

The Federal Government has said the contributions of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to national development are indisputable.

This is even as it was noted that the NYSC scheme has come to stay.

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, said this on Saturday at the premiere of an advocacy movie produced by the NYSC entitled “A Call to Service.”

The movie was produced to draw awareness to the scheme’s relevance in promoting national unity, patriotism, peace and cohesion.

The Minister lauded the timely release of the movie, noting that the relevance of the scheme has been under public scrutiny and debate in recent times, with many calling for its scrap.

In his words, “The timing of this movie could not have been better than now after weeks and months of debates about whether the NYSC is relevant or not and whether the scheme should be scrapped or should continue.

“The answer to the critics, to the anti-NYSC is in the premiere of this movie. This movie needs to travel and hit every viewing platform across Nigeria and in the diaspora; it must go viral.

“Let the message go out strong and clear, that the NYSC has come to stay. The scheme is more relevant now than it has ever been before in the country.”