The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Olatunji Alausa, has proposed extending the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) service year to two years.
He also praised the digitalization of the NYSC process for helping to tackle certificate fraud among foreign trained graduates in West Africa.
Additionally, the minister addressed the issue of OND part-time graduates with full-time HND who were previously exempt from national service requirements. These comments were made during a meeting with the new Director General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, in Abuja.
The Minister advocated “for the extension of national service from one to two years, with the expansion of NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training programme content for Corps Members.”
“You have done so well as an organization. Let NYSC give people more opportunity to become job creators that will meet the needs of the country”, he said.
General Nafiu commended the minister for his innovative achievements in the education sector and urged the establishment of a database for Nigerian youths pursuing degrees abroad.
