FG, revisit NYSC orientation course

I want to use this medium to appeal to the federal government to revisit the three-week National Youth Service Corps orientation exercise by placing more emphasis on Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED). This is to curb the alarming rate of unemployment and insecurity in the country. Prioritizing on SAED will pave way to job opportunities […]

I want to use this medium to appeal to the federal government to revisit the three-week National Youth Service Corps orientation exercise by placing more emphasis on Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED).

This is to curb the alarming rate of unemployment and insecurity in the country. Prioritizing on SAED will pave way to job opportunities which would eventually end insecurity.

Undoubtedly, the three weeks exercise is fully designed to orient the corps members on what to do and how to deal with people in every environment they found themselves during the mandatory one-year service.

However, the exercise is lagging considering the enormous number of the unemployed graduates in the country.

Meanwhile, instead of the government (NYSC) to dwell on teaching the corps members how to be self-reliant after camp training, more emphasis has being placed on parade, lectures, man o’ war among other less significant events throughout the three weeks exercise.

The management of the NYSC should understand that achieving national unity would never be attained in Nigeria so far as the number of jobless educated youth is increasing.

I learned that throughout the three weeks period of the orientation course on camp, only five days are allotted to SAED programme though it is the most important of all the camp activities.

At least, Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development should be given two weeks, this would give the corps members ample time to study the skills well and apply them in their day-to-day basis after the camp training.

Ukasha Rabiu Magama wrote from Toro, Bauchi State