Imo Deputy Governor calls for reform of NYSC

The Imo State Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, has called for reform of the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
Madumere said the scheme is fast losing the original intent for its establishment.
Madumere stated this on Tuesday when he was addressing the cross section of the people of Delta State in Okpe-Isoko, Isoko North Local Government of Delta State during the burial ceremony of late Pa John Offou, the father of the former Media Aide to the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Hon. Felix Ofou.
Madumere, while narrating his discovery of the cultural affinities of the various tribes and ethnic groups in Nigeria, called for more effort to ensure that Nigerian youth get exposed to other people’s culture.
This, he said, will go a long way to strengthen cohesion and unity of Nigeria.
He commended the idea of the NYSC, which main aim is to expose Nigerian graduates to other ethnic cultures and to learn their values with the soul aim of fostering National Unity.
Madumere, while condoling the Felix Ofou and the people of Okpe-Isoko over the passing of one of their great leaders and custodian of their cultures and tradition, who was aged 128, described the people’s culture as closely related to that of the Igbo, thereby calling on the younger ones to embrace every Nigerian as a brother.
He called for the reform of the NYSC to ensured that its aim is not defeated, saying it is still very relevant to national unity and development of the country.
He further called for abrogation of dichotomy between indigeneship and citizenship, proposing that whosever that has stayed at a place for a period of time should not be denied of rights and privileges accorded to others.
He said that such consideration will go a long way to make Nigeria a more cohere and united Nation State.