FG is Addressing Unemployment, NYSC DG Tells Corps Members

The Director General, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier -General Shuaibu Ibrahim has assured all the corps members in the country that the federal government was leaving no stone unturned to address the unemployment rate in Nigeria.

General Ibrahim who disclosed this in Bauchi Tuesday, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2021 batch B stream 2 corps members in the state,also said that the scheme was meticulous in the implementation of its Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme, which according to him, was meant to prepare corps members for self employment and wealth creation.

The D-G who was represented by Alhaji Hamisu Abubakar, the State Coordinator of

NYSC explained that “As you are already aware, the rate of graduate unemployment is of great concern to us as a nation”.

According to him, “Happily, the federal government and other stakeholders are leaving no stone unturned in the efforts to address this challenge as clearly demonstrated through various policies and programmes.

“As a scheme that is responsive to prevailing national needs, the NYSC is also assiduous in the implementation of its Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme.

“This programme is meant to prepare corps members for self-employment and wealth creation through vocational and entrepreneurial training as well as linkage with financial institutions and other funding sources for business start-up financing,” said the D-G.