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A data-focused look at the NYSC scheme—its 1973 origins, ~₦431B annual cost for ~400k graduates, metrics/tracking, equity in postings, and alignment with development goals.
Rigorous non-partisan analysis with Dr. Ken Ikpe & Mustafa Chike Obi.
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This is because you cannot say we achieved military readiness in that 21-day camp, so that excuse of it being beneficial because it provides military training is absolutely false.
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It should be replaced by direct placement into willing organizations for both professional and non-professional courses for a year or two. If this cannot be achieved (as we can see that the current organizational placement for corps member is in shambles), it should be scrapped.
Should the NYSC be scrapped, replaced or overhauled?
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Why do we keep normalising abnormal conditions in Nigeria? This is the NYSC camp in Sagamu, Ogun State. You could show this video to a foreigner, and they would probably mistake the place for a prison hall. Our young corps members should never be subjected to such deplorable conditions. They deserve dignity, better facilities and a much better camping experience.
Should the NYSC be scrapped, replaced or overhauled?
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Should the NYSC be scrapped, replaced or overhauled?
Join the conversation
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First of all, it is preposterous that the Govt is spending almost half a trillion on this scheme annually. Give it as grants to graduates or hire more teachers.
2ndly, if the scheme must continue, reduce it to 3 months. Spending 1yr for NYSC after 4yrs in University is a waste.
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The government should seriously turn attention to it. It is a very unnecessary barrier. With my skill set, I have been offered placements in two MNCs but since I haven't done service I was ultimately rejected.
In this conversation with Mustafa Chike Obi (former Chairman of Fidelity Bank), Dr. Ken Ikpe says that the NYSC has turned into a barrier between graduating from university & beginning a career.
This has left more than 500k graduates trapped in the mobilization backlog, and most formal-sector employers refuse to hire anyone without an NYSC discharge certificate.
What should the Govvernment do?
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Dr Ken Ikpe on the history of the NYSC Programme.
He says it was created in 1973 after the Nigerian Civil War that lasted 30 months. General Gowon created it as a tool for National Unity
The idea was to live as Nigerian first, then Igbo or Yoruba or Hausa second.
Today, NYSC mobilises 400,000 graduates per year and cost the Federal Government about N430.7 billion annually.
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Mustafa Chike-Obi, former Chairman of Fidelity Bank, on whether cancelling NYSC would affect schools in rural areas.
He says it doesn't help us long term to take an unmotivated person who comes from England. To teach in a school in Taraba.
It is not a solution to our education problem.
The solution is to get a specialized core of teachers and pay them their worth.
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Mustafa Chike-Obi, former Chairman of Fidelity Bank, reveals how a 50 year old was mobilized for NYSC in his time at AMCON.
He says AMCON wanted to hire the gentleman as a Chief Risk Officer but he hadn't completed the NYSC Programme. Because he went to school abroad.
So he had to complete the programme for 1 year before he assumed the role.
The gentleman was Georges Ekwensi, Cyrpian Ekwensi's son.
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Should NYSC be scrapped or reviewed?
400k graduates mobilised yearly at ₦430.7bn without published metrics, post-service tracking, or formal evaluation of its impact on national unity
What about security risks & denied postings?
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Should the NYSC be scrapped or overhauled?
Nigeria spends a whooping N430bn on this scheme annually. Is it living up to its expectation? Has it outlived its usefulness?
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