The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Youth and Community Engagement, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), has explained how the recently passed National Youths Service Corps Trust Fund Bill would provide jobs for graduates.
Adaramodu made this disclosure when he led a delegation of the committee on an official visit to the Oyo State NYSC Orientation Camp at Iseyin on Sunday.
He asserted that the bill, having scaled first and second readings and other crucibles of legislation, will soon be sent to the President for assent.
The lawmaker said that the provision of the bill was basically to ensure that corps members get established through the training acquired from the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED), programme.
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He added that the provisions of the bill also cater to corps members who might wish to go into business after their service year.
“The issue of unemployment and what next for corps members after the service year will be a thing of the past soon. The bill will ensure that the dreams of every Nigerian graduate become a reality,” he said.
Adaramodu disclosed that the Senate, in collaboration with relevant government departments, agencies and other stakeholders, would soon work on the upward review of corps members’ allowances.
Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. Dogara Ahmed who is the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has listed poor quality graduates, corps members relocation racketeering, inadequate facilities, wrong submission of graduates’ data, among others are affecting the scheme.
The NYSC DG said this over the weekend while delivering a lecture titled: ‘Harnessing the Potential of the Nigerian Youths for National Unity and Development’ at the 5th convocation lecture of the Edo State University, Uzairue.
Represented by the NYSC Director, South South Zone, Ladan Baba, the DG said the service mobilized an average of 350,000 corps members annually for the promotion of national unity and development.
According to him, despite the scheme’s numerous achievement, it is still faced with some challenges such as ‘inadequacy of orientation camp facilities; poor infrastructure, submission of wrong data of graduates, poor quality graduates being presented for mobilization and deployment as well as corps members relocation racketeering among others.’