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NYSC and the relevance question amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jul 9, 2020
There is hardly anything the coronavirus pandemic has not affected. Before the virus could sweep across the various orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), its management proactively shut them. While it is putting everything in place for their reopening, NYSC is staring down the barrel of a two-year suspension as proposed by the Federal Government’s ‘wise men and women’. Head, Education Desk, IYABO LAWAL writes.
“To keep Nigeria one is a task that must be done,” said General Yakubu Gowon during the 1967 – 1970 civil war that claimed over a million lives in an effort to keep a multi-diverse people together. One scheme he established to achieve that is the NYSC. Over the years, the scheme has survived various onslaughts that threatened its existence. The latest one is proving a hard nut to crack, coupled with a proposal that calls for a two-year suspension.
On June 25, the management of the corps denied claims it planned to reopen camps soon amid rising number of COVID-19 cases, asserting that its orientation camps would reopen when it is safe to do so.
NYSC’s spokesperson, Adenike Adeyemi had dismissed an online report, which alleged that the scheme was set to resume orientation programme. She assured Nigerians that the scheme places a high premium on the lives of corps members, camp officials and other stakeholders, and would not act in any way that will compromise their safety.
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