Following the declaration by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS in September that the nation’s economy has gone into recession, only 86, 000 would be mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) 2016 Batch B Orientation.
In a statement by the Head of Press Unit, Mrs Abosede Aderibigbe, the number of prospective corps members for the 2016 Batch B, was worked out as a percentage, and sent to heads of corps producing institutions, including vice chancellors rectors of polytechnics.
Speaking with newsmen, NYSC spokesperson noted that the limited funds available to cater for the prospective corps members were the reasons why schools were asked to determine who should go, based on the figures they were given while other graduands would have to wait for another batch.
She said, “We have complained to the minister in our ministry, the Ministry of Finance; committees on youth in both arms of the national assembly and other relevant bodies on the need to increase funding to enable us to mobilise more ready-to-serve graduates.
“With the complaints that we have lodged so far, if the Federal Government gives us money to mobilise more graduates, we would do so right away because we don’t want these young people to be waiting endlessly to be mobilised for national service.
”But we cannot do otherwise because it is only when a government gives us enough funds for their stipends that we can mobilise them. Unfortunately, as we speak, those that we are incapable of mobilising now, will have to wait till next year because we are given specific numbers to mobilise yearly, ” she added.
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