30th June 2026, NewsOrient, News, Governance And Development
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is entering a new era, as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approves a holistic reform of the agency.

Reports say, if it is carried out as said, the reform would be the first major review of the NYSC in its 53-year history.

As part of the approval, FEC directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Ministry of Youth to amend the NYSC Act and its regulations to reflect all the approved reform measures, enabling immediate implementation of the new framework.

Under the reform, the NYSC will be led by a civilian in its operational leadership, while the military will continue to handle security for corps members across the country.

This shift is intended to reposition NYSC as a skill-oriented, productivity-driven, youth-empowering institution that directly supports the administration’s ambition of building a $1 trillion economy.

Speaking on the reform, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, said that there was a need for us to intervene to build the present ambition of a $1 trillion economy by repositioning the NYSC as a civilian-led, skill-oriented, productivity-driven, and youth-empowering national institution.

The Corps is currently led by Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu.

Records say the NYSC scheme was created by decree No.24 of 22nd May 1973 in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile, and rebuild Nigeria after the Nigerian Civil war “with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria and the promotion of national unity”.

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