The lower chamber of the national assembly had on Wednesday, passed the Bill, after the adoption of the recommendations of the house committee on youth development, chaired by Hon. Yemi Adaramodu. The bill seeks to provide adequate funding for NYSC to provide skill acquisition, training, and empowerment of Corps Members, conduct training and retraining of NYSC personnel, development of Camps and NYSC formations and facilities therein.

At a press briefing in the national assembly yesterday, Comrade Isaac Ikpa, the convener of the group, persuaded the Nigerian Senate to toe the line of their counterparts by concurring to the Bill, while calling on President Muhammad Buhari, to speedily assent to it when sent by the National Assembly.

“The House is obviously full of members that look at the future of the nation and consider just how well our growth as a people is important to the success of governance.

     Our place as a nation in the continent and the world is only further emphasized with bills such as this one, making it known who we are, and how we conduct our affairs. “It is good to know that the full nation is realizing admitting that NYSC is the best way to imbibe the spirit of nationalism in our youths. Now is the time for our young individuals to understand that the nation that they have once thought of giving up on, actually cares about their welfare and survival.

“This is the time they need to understand that they are Nigerians and not just Igbos, Yoruba, Hausa, and other tribes in the country. Meeting people from different parts of the country has helped many individuals understand other cultures and promotes unity amongst diversity. NYSC has made it possible for our Nigerian youths. “In the light of the affairs going on in today’s world, with all of the evils happening, we need a ray of hope, a light, a promise for our children, and youths. An assurance that the nation will care for them at all stages, that the nation has them in mind and that their successes are important to the growth of the nation. So much about their lives and future. One of the problems Nigeria has had is the problem of, ‘what’s next after school and service’?

“Most of our youths have had difficulties trying to find jobs and for those who receive entrepreneurial tutorship and developing skills, there is usually little to nothing to help with launching out. It is, therefore, a victory for the nation that there is now a light of hope to help these youths launch out on their own, something to help them start up a business,” he said