Nigerian popular singer cum politician, Bankole Wellington aka BankyW has called on the Federal Government to make the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme optional.
Banky W said this in an interview with Channels Television published on Tuesday while asking if the scheme is really achieving its aim.
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“At least half of the young people who do NYSC might not need it. You have people that go for NYSC and they just sign a paper somewhere and give somebody money, so that they say they have it and then go off and do whatever.”
Speaking further Banky W asked, “Is that program really achieving what it was meant to?
“Can we consider amending the constitution so that we can say that this thing is no longer compulsory, is optional.”
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