NYSC Might Not Mobilize All For The 2016 Batch B Service Year

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) early this week revealed its plans not to mobilize all gradates this year. A meme had been received by institutions around the country to slash the lists of graduates to be mobilized in the batch B of the year 2016, as finally constraints wont allow all to be mobilized at once.

Institution like the Bowen University who had over 900 graduates have been forced to randomly select about 350 students to serve this year as the remaining would have to settle for next year, and as a result the Management of the university is already considering the criteria to be used for the mobilization of the allocated number of graduates.

A representative of NYSC had this to say; “the N10, 500, as budgeted by the government for corp members’ kits, was no longer enough.”

“This year for instance, since the Federal Government does not want a situation where youths who are done with tertiary education hang out longer than necessary before having their chance to serve, we were given 260, 000 corps members to mobilise,” she told The Guardian.”

“So far, we are left with about 70, 000. Once the present set leaves in October or thereabouts, this outstanding will be taken care of for the year. This is not a hopeless situation as people are made to believe.”