The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is considering the postponement of batch A Stream 11 orientation programme scheduled for Saturday.
Sule Kazaure, director-general of the service, disclosed this on Monday when he appeared before the senate committee on youth and sports.
He said the money required for the exercise was yet to be provided, saying the NYSC had written several letters requesting for the money, but that as at Monday, it was yet to receive response from the federal government.
“We had written to federal ministry of youth and sports, finance, budget and the presidency even before the end of the orientation camp for Batch A, Stream One,” he said.
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“We are presently at a loss in NYSC now as there is no money for us to mobilise thousands of prospective corps members in the Batch A Stream 2 to camp this Saturday.
“This is in spite of efforts made by us to get things done in that direction several weeks ago. The problem staring us in the face arose from the N13 billion shortfall we had in the 2016 budget estimate which the agency made strong request for its provision during budget defence.”
Kazaure, however, expressed the hope that the presidency might make last minute intervention by providing “the urgently-needed fund for the programme’’.
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He told the committee that Abba Kyari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, had invited Solomon Dalung, minister of youths and sports, to a meeting over the matter.
Obina Ogba, chairman of the senate committee, assured the NYSC that the national assembly would intervene in the matter.
He said during the week, the senate would convene a meeting to discuss with all the parties concerned.
“We have listened to you and we are also disturbed by the problem at hand as regards paucity of funds for mobilisation of prospective corps members,” he said.
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“NYSC is not something to joke with; even if it is though urgent supplementary budget provisions, the problem must be quickly tackled by the federal government.”
The stream one exercise, which ended last week, was postponed twice, but no reason was given for the action.
38 comments
This is the last straw, stream 2 had better go on Saturday or we begin a petition. Why would anyone consider joking with people’s lives?
I’m with you on that…they have no regard for the youths of this country
How long do we have to Wait.. The FG had better do sumtin about this ASAP.these are people’s lives they’re playing with
How long do we have to wait..the FG had better do something about it ASAP
this is highly rediculous
re you really a lecturer (rediculous or ridiculous)…God save your students and Nigeria!!!
Na wa o
Nigerian leaders u ve ur option,u can suspend the nysc,stop wasting resources of nigerian youth.remember we re future leaders
This is rubbish FG or DG any thing u call it u beta let go on Saturday u wasting our tym we cannot work dey asking of nysc certificate if u no u can not do dis again pls scrapped nysc.
How long do I have to wait, I left school since 2014, stories upon stories ranging from the poorous school administration. And now the federal government…Please to anyone concerned we can’t fold our hands and watch you toil with our future. #clueless government#
same as me ooo, no be say I get carry over, since 2014, nw its NYSC dem selves that are keeping me on a stand still. I beg u ooo in d name of God pls I am tired of staying at home ooo. I want to go for service. funny enuf they said until 30yrs u can’t apply fr exemption if nt I for don apply since.
Your comment..this is berbaric Nduka demonic….y play with our lives? if u can’t fund d scheme Den scrap it so that we can do other things with our lives.
It is not the issue of consultation, what we need to hear is when are we being mobilized.
Your comment.. pls FG do something we are tire of waiting at home oooo
after all the promises he made to corp members during his campaign. politics is an icon rite nw that represents true falacy
They r Nt Serious Abt D Mttr Bcoz Dia Chldrn Olready Hv Automatic Job Evn Without NYSC Certificate
Pls stop playing with the lives of young people in the country. Please I have plans I want to carry out with mY life.
If they can’t handle this NYSC stuff then they should erase it totally from the system. You guyz are soglad putting the young ones lives on hold.
This has been a long wait for us that graduated 2years ago without posting. The question is how longer are the youths going to remain victims of the system.
Nawa o
This very bad.what should we do now?
Its sad to hear such, from clueless examz office in my schooL to FG stomach pain, guyz we don tire For house
Your comment..in fact this gov is barbaric, playing with peoples life .after all their empty promises may God help Nigerians .where the youth and small children s life are being wasted thru abduction and all sorts of killing not minding they are future leaders if you don’t need Nysc remove it from the system
I don’t beliv in the scheme anymore. I would have loved its scrapping save for those employd by the scheme. But to me, this scheme only wastes one’s tym. What Gowon wanted has already bn achieve. Since the beginning of this 21st century, the objectives of this scheme has bn defeated. WE DON’T WANT NO SCHEME NO MORE!
D’s frustrating and really annoying no funds now funds is available anoda issue is logistics all D’s u b prepared for y re our leaders doing all D’s re they laying good examples for us we all want d country great is D’s our we make it great by next year they should b able to inform us how logistics of a tin is going on mtcheeeeew
please I just received a text this morning that the orientation camp for stream two on Saturday has been postponed till further notice.please how true is this?
Your comment..very unfortunate for our leader’s
Ah datz wat kp on Cnfsin me, I do rciv d txt too sinz lst nyt by 8:13pm… I wnda n dn’t knw wat 2 bliv again… Ooo am so tired of doz tinx…
Is this what Mr president wants to use to pay us electing him
pls save the life the youth of this country @ fg
we are tire of hearing story pls tel us d truth wen we are gng to be moblsed
Your comment..hmmmm, am tired of all this DT is happening, y is d government toying with our lives, we r tired of sitting at home, we can’t seek 4 job right now, may Almighty Allah come to our rescue in dis country.
Please pmb n FG, remember all d promises b4 election but nw u are holding d youth 4 ransome. This is ur turn n 2moro is another. It wl surely fall back to d country n it leaders
Am tired of staying at home ooo…. All the job opportunities I had required NYSC certificate. .. God of all flesh please intervene for our youths.
pls d way dis nysc is mounting pressure on d youths of dis nation is very unfair.b4 it was lack of fund n now gov has provided d fund needed for d scheme now its bcos of logistic reasons.if dis is good to God it’s good to us.God will speak for us d youth
To me this scheme is useless, I av been sitting and waiting for a long time, since 2014 Infact, Wats going on, they won’t even tell us, imagine some1 dat was posted to sokoto was already on her way fro ph when she received the txt saying it’s being postponed. Pls FG and associates, I av a plan for my lyf and u folks are wasting it. Kindly address us and scrap the dead scheme.. we are tired #itsUnfair to us.
Pls Scrap NYSC, is a dead scheme… All we need is our certificate. #Bring back our certificate#
Or i dnt knw wht ths gov, is mean 4.if u dnt wnt d youths let thm knw.the we find another way