God Of Mercy: Bus Transporting NYSC Members Gutted By Fire

 

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has recently been a subject of incessant deliberation. Many have in public argued against the continuity of the scheme in the face of its inability to sustain the main objectives of its establishment which is national integration and unity.

The NYSC scheme was established on 22nd of May 1972 by the General Yakubu Gowon's military administration as a means to sewing the fragments of what was left after the regrettable Nigeria/Biafra civil war of 1967 to 1970. 

Uninterestingly, the scheme in recent years appears to have fallen short of its founding principles owing to corruption, insecurity and lack of infrastructure.  The members of the scheme are usually sacrificed at the sacrilegious alter of chronic bad governance which birthed insecurity and the likes.

These NYSC members often consumed by road accidents as they en route their states, local governments or even councils of their primary assignment.

Also, terrorism, banditry and kidnapping did not shy away from preying on innocent youths committed to serving their nation with humility; "in the rain and in the sun, with dedication and selflessness", as their anthem denotes.

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The place of the scheme in the present political dispensation in Nigeria, has also been questioned by authorities and prominent personnels. 

Recently, the national assembly deliberated on the need for the scheme to be scrapped. Thanks for the influential people who eat from the scheme and expectantly, influenced the decision of the national assembly.

Noteworthy, the current governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi has suggested that the members of the scheme be deployed to fight banditry and terrorism in the country. Fayemi noted that the NYSC camps nationwide should be converted to military training grounds instead orientation camps they currently serve as.

In conclusion, the scheme, having lost its essence should not remain mandatory requirement for employment and appointment. It should be reduced to voluntary affair since the welfare of the serving and prospective members of the scheme can not be guaranteed by the Nigerian Government.