The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Sulaiman Kazaure,
has assured all eligible graduates of tertiary institutions that they will be
mobilized for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ service year.
Kazaure, who gave the
assurance during his parley with the media in Abuja on Wednesday, said that
there is a Government directive to that effect.
He said that what was
left of the provision made for mobilization of Corps members in the 2016 budget
could only accommodate eighty-six thousand prospective Corps members.
The Director-General,
however, added that following the federal government’s intervention, all the
one hundred and seventy thousand prospective Corps members that successfully
registered online are now being processed for 2016 Batch ‘B’.
“So far, we have
received green light from the relevant government agencies to prepare for the
mobilization of all qualified prospective Corps members.
“However, the limited
cumulative capacity of the Orientation camps nationwide necessitates a second
stream Orientation course for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ which is being planned for
January 2017,” he said.
Kazaure lamented the
failure of some states and local governments to discharge their statutory
obligations to the Scheme pointing out that their attitude resulted in the
limited capacity and quality of facilities in most Orientation camps across the
country.
The DG stressed that
the provision of Orientation camp facilities and post-camp accommodation and
transport of Corps members were among the responsibilities of states and local
governments as spelt out in the NYSC Act.
Others he enumerated
include logistics support for inspection of Corps locations, material support
for community development service and security of Corps members.
He, therefore,
appealed to states and local governments that are not discharging their
statutory obligations to reconsider their stance and give their support towards
the success of the Scheme’s operations.
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