Executive Director of the Center for Responsive Governance, Ayodeji Ologun, has called on the Federal Government to suspend the proposed reforms of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, until extensive public consultations are conducted, warning that the current approach risks undermining the objectives of the scheme.
The governance advocate asserted that while reforming the NYSC is necessary, the process being adopted by the government lacks inclusiveness and fails to address the country’s pressing challenges.
Ologun spoke on Monday during an interview on Eagle 102.5 FM, Ilese-Ijebu, monitored by our correspondent in Abeokuta.
He acknowledged that NYSC needs reforms but argued that the process must be comprehensive and driven by the scheme’s original objectives.
He said, “The recommendation implementatiom should be suspended until the right thing is done, which is harvesting opinions and ideas through public hearing by everyone interested and involved in issues that have to do with youth development.”
He warned that reforms introduced without proper consultation could undermine the programme rather than strengthen it, adding that the current direction of the proposed reforms, if implemented as reported, would fail to address the fundamental issues facing the scheme
“There’s no doubt that the NYSC has been due for review because it has almost lost its relevance, it has almost lost its importance, it has almost lost the intent on which the founding fathers of the NYSC scheme, what they had in mind.
“But sometimes, I wonder what kind of a nation we live in, that when we identify a problem, it takes
