The Federal Government has released a new NYSC posting policy for the National Youth Service scheme, narrowing areas where corps members can be deployed to only four sectors namely:
- Rural health
- Primary and Secondary education
- Rural infrastructure development
- Agricultural development.
This new posting policy was made known by the Ministry of Information in a statement issued today.
It is said to be a bid to restore national integration and youth empowerment as the core objectives of the NYSC Scheme.
“The new policy is set to discourage highly placed government officials and influential members of the society from seeking for concessionary posting for prospective corps members specifically to metropolitan cities like Abuja, Lagos and others, contrary to the spirit of the NYSC Scheme,” the statement said, quoting a circular to top government functionaries in the three arms, Ministers, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Extra- Ministerial Departments and Statutory Agencies and signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.
It also re-emphasised the categories of those eligible for concessionary postings as Married women, Corps members with peculiar health related issues; and Corps member with physical disabilities only
Good development
dis is greazt,atlezast thosde without God-fathers can be rest assured,and those willing to extort money for concessionary posting will think twice,i like this development
our policies have always look good even when they are not result oriented; i want to believe this is one of those paper works that will be ignored. what has happened to rural posting and why should concessional clause be allowed?
This is rubbish I swear… All they r thinkin abt is cheap labour and how 2 save money for them selves… Hw will d corpers survive on d insubstantial allowance… Bsides they haven’t even payed for some months… They should have allowed work in private firms of our choice too… With hope that we would be retained. And of course d little bonuses involved.
May his soul rest in perfect peace of our Lord Jesus Christ,,,, and let the road safety workers check the drivers and their type of vehicles very well in other to stop all these sudden death from among our youths and society… Thanks