The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has shown gratitude as the bill seeking to establish a Trust Fund for corp members scaled second reading in the House of Representatives.
The bill which was sponsored by Samuel Akinfolarin, an All Progressives Congress member representing Ileoluji-Okeigbo/Odigbo Ondo state, passed the first reading at the House on December 16, 2021.
Director-General of NYSC, Maj Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, said the Trust Fund would make the Scheme’s Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme more impactful through the provision of training facilities and start-up capital for Corps entrepreneurs.
Ibrahim spoke at the 2022 annual management conference themed “Repositioning the NYSC for Improved Healthcare Delivery, Revenue Generation and Corps Employment For Self-Reliance” in Abuja.
He said the Trust Fund would also assist in addressing infrastructural needs for enhanced operational efficiency.
“Among other benefits, the Fund will make the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Developrost (SAED) Programme of the Scheme more impactful through the provision of training facilities and start-up capital for Corps entrepreneurs. It will also assist in addressing our infrastructural needs for enhanced operational efficiency. I am delighted to note and inform this gathering that the Bill has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives
“At this juncture. I would like to express our sincere gratitude to the Federal Government for its continuous support for the NYSC especially through the prompt release of funds for the smooth conduct of our operations,” the DG said.
