A member of the House of Representatives, Ben Igbakpa, representing Ethiope Federal Constituency in Delta State, who sponsored a bill on the National Youth Service Corps, in this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, explains the need for a better welfare package for corps members
A member of the House of Representatives, Ben Igbakpa, representing Ethiope Federal Constituency in Delta State, who sponsored a bill on the National Youth Service Corps, in this interview withdid you sponsor a bill seeking to make NYSC membership a voluntary one against the current rule?
The only reason that the promoters of the NYSC scheme, as of then had, was for national integration. The NYSC is cross-cultural activities: you go to a place you have never been to before, you learn new things, you integrate with them to know their culture and other things. There is really no other reason why NYSC was established as far as I’m concerned, and looking at the law setting it up. Again, if we talk about the fact that there are jobs anywhere, the government introduced N-Power .
Where we are today, do you agree with me that these have been resolved? No. They have not been resolved. The issues are still there. If you have a child now who just graduated from school and is transferred to Maiduguri or the North-East, will you allow him or her to go? Nigerians are good at saying ‘this is the way it should be,’ they don’t look at the realities. The amendment I sought was because of the present realities.
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