Youth minister to restructure NYSC

Youth minister to restructure NYSC
JULY 25, 2011

BY CALEB AYANSINA

ABUJA- The Minister of Youth Development, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, weekend, promised to reform the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, to make it more effective and efficient.

Abdullahi said, the essence of the reform was also to make the NYSC play major role in the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.

The minister, who disclosed this during his visit to the NYSC Orientation Camp, Kubwa, FCT, pledged to take the scheme to the next level and ensure it fulfilled current needs and expectations of the country.

The minister described youths as greatest asset of the country and promised to create a platform that would make them harness their potentials.

The minister also pledged to give prompt attention to the welfare of youths in the country.

He said: “Our greatest resource is not oil, but you, the youths. For us in the Ministry, we will continue to engage and create platform to harness potentials of our youth.

“We will add more innovations to the scheme (NYSC) in a way that will bring returns not only to Nigeria, but also to corps members that are participating in the scheme.”