Govt. Plans Revenue-Generating Model For NYSC.

Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim says plans are underway

to begin reforms and restructuring of the National Youth Service Corps

Scheme.

The minister said, a team to spearhead the review, restructuring, and

reforms of the NYSC would be inaugurated soon.

Bio-Ibrahim who disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the maiden

meeting of the NYSC management with heads of corps-producing institutions

in Nigeria, in Abuja said, the reforms will be centred on reviewing

participants with an entrepreneurship mindset and making skills

development a core of the programme.

The minister also said, over 5,000 corps members would have their

entrepreneurial ventures funded with close to N10 million, adding that the

vision was not only to have a self-sustaining scheme, but also a revenue-

generating programme within the next five years.

Meanwhile, the Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Yushau’

Ahmed said, the meeting was aimed at enhancing the mobilization process

of prospective corps members, as well as evolving strategies for eliminating

identified flaws and ensuring a more seamless mobilization process.