Posted on: 08:39 Wed, 08 Jun 2016



I have read online about the
purported postponement of the NYSC.
I have decided to compile several
reasons why the NYSC should be
scrapped.

I don’t want this to come across to
you as a political propaganda, I am
neither for APC nor PDP I only
represent myself in this view and a
few others who will see reason with
this. I fully represent NIGERIA.

Dear Mr President, DG NYSC and
Mr Senate president,

I write to you with great respect
because its not easy to be a leader
and I humbly present my case that
the NYSC scheme should either be
scrapped or redefined to fit into the
future of this great nation. Permit
me to start with the reasons why I
think the scheme be scrapped or
amended after which I will talk
about probable amendments that
could be implemented.

WHY THE NYSC SCHEME SHOULD BE
SCRAPPED/AMENDED.

1. The scheme was created to help the
nation heal quickly from the effects of
the Civil war: Now the civil war is
over and we should be focused on
avoiding another war- an intra
personal war. This is a war that a
person fights with himself
otherwise known as Confusion.

How do you expect someone who
studied Biochemistry to teach
intergtated science effectively?
First of, the graduate studied
Biochemistry and not Biochemistry
education! The former is practical
and field related while the latter
has to do with class activities)

2. Too much money is expended on
this scheme and there are no visible
results: I personally believe that the
money spent on the NYSC scheme
will be enough to create jobs for
these graduates. Its not yielding
results because after the 1-year
mandatory service most of the
graduates are left jobless and
without savings to start up a
business of their own – they don’t
have savings not because they don’t
want to but because the cost of
‘survival’ is high. NOTE that I used
‘cost of survival’ and not ‘cost of
living’ that’s simply because the
latter is not affordable!

3. Looks Like A Use-and-dump
Scheme: After the one year
compulsory service I said earlier
that the graduates end up as jobless
people. This is because there is NO
system, not to talk of having an
organized one. The companies
(most times schools) that the
corpers are posted to milk them of
every dime the FG is paying (a
paltry 19,800 most of which will be
spent on transport). These people
will still rent an apartment if they
are so unlucky to be posted to a
state where they know no one (80%
of youth corp members fall in this
category).

4. No relevant experience is gained in
most cases: I need not to talk too
much about this but I’ll say a little.

Now, of what relevance is the
teaching experience a Banking and
Finance graduate gets from
teaching a primary school student?
He/she will be dealing with adults
on the job after NYSC, he/she can’t
probably use whatever experience
gotten. Total Waste Of Time You’d
Permit Me To Say!!!

There are lots of reasons I believe
the scheme should be scrapped or
amended but I’ll leave the rest to
the readers of this letter.

I have included the Senate
president as recipient of this letter
because I know nothing can be
done except through the senate. The
NYSC was brought in through an
ACT, that act has to be amended by
the legislative arm of government.
Before I go ahead to the possible
solutions, I know some big guns
will not agree that the scheme be
scrapped because of what they gain
from the system, a not-well-
organised system.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
1. Scrap the whole scheme and use
the funds put into the program to
create jobs.

2. Let each person serve in their
respective fields: Let the man who
studied engineering serve with
Julius Berger or ministry of works
and let the man who studied
Agriculture serve on a government
farm and let them have the option
of being fully employed after their
service year.

3. Trainings: Should the scheme be
scrapped, the government should
make available free training
centers for fresh graduates.

4. Soft loans: These loans should be
given out to fresh graduates who
wish to start up businesses without
collecting collateral. There should
be strict rules guiding the
monitoring and implementation,
defaulters should be punished.

These loans should be treated as a
contract between the FG and the
individual, the FG is contracting
the young graduate to start a
business and create jobs. That’s
what happens when there are more
businesses, more jobs are available.

I wish I could write more but I’m
typing this from my phone, permit
me to stop here.

I am Adebusoye Ademola and I think
the NYSC should be scrapped or
amended.

Nigerians what do you think about
this?

Drop your comments.