Nigerian musician turned politician Olubankole Wellington popularly known as Banky W has shared his opinion on why the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), should be optional.
The popular R&B singer who shared his opinion in an interview on Tuesday with Channels Television said that the project has failed to achieve the purpose for which it was set out for.
According to Banky W, the NYSC programme should be removed from the constitution or it should be made optional.
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He said; “I don’t know if there is anybody that will disagree that NYSC probably does not achieve everything it was originally designed for today, so how do we reform it? Don’t cancel it, let’s remove it from the constitution and make it optional, the people who do not need it will go.”
Banky W also noted that people who are interested in the NYSC programme should be properly remunerated.
“Now you can pay those interested more so instead of paying them N30,000 monthly which does nothing for a young person in Nigeria today. We can pay them N60 – N80, 000,” he said.
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