Scrap NYSC now to save young people – Mahdi Shehu tells Nigerian govt 

Activist Mahdi Shehu has called for the scrapping of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), arguing that the rising question of kidnappings crossed Nigeria has made the compulsory deployment of young graduates progressively dangerous.
Speaking connected Channels Television, Shehu described the abduction of prospective corps members travelling to predisposition camps successful Akwa Ibom and Abuja arsenic “one incidental excessively many.”

“There are much unreported cases of kidnapping and maiming and detention astir each implicit the country, particularly successful the bluish portion of the country, the Middle Belt, Northwest, Northeast and North Central.”

Shehu said the NYSC was established to beforehand nationalist unity, but questioned its continued relevance if corps members are exposed to kidnapping, unit and different information threats portion travelling to service extracurricular their location states.

“The full NYSC was meant to unite Nigeria, but if successful uniting Nigeria, you suffer your daughter, you suffer your son, you suffer your uncle, you suffer your sister, you suffer your neighbour, past it’s not worthy the trouble.”

He projected allowing corps membe...