President Buhari has approved the appointment of 10 siblings of the NYSC members who lost their lives during the 2011 post-election violence in Bauchi State into the federal civil service.
Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development on Tuesday, June 15 disclosed this saying;
“As a sign of the federal government’s unflinching commitment to the NYSC, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the automatic employment of 10 direct siblings of the diseased NYSC members who lost their lives during the 2011 post-election violence in Bauchi State.”
“I consider it appropriate to use this forum to once again endorse the proposal made by stakeholders for the establishment of the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund.
“I am confident that such an initiative will go a long way in strengthening the Scheme and deepen its impact.
“Among other benefits, the Fund will make the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme more functional.
“It will, especially, serve as a sustainable source of providing start-up capital for the trained Corps members to actualize their business plans and in turn employ more Nigerians.”
Speaking on scrapping NYSC, he said;
“The NYSC Scheme will be sustained. It has become an integral part of our national development and unity architecture.
“Nigerian youth continue to benefit from this scheme.”
