President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s sweeping reforms of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), saying the changes are designed to equip young Nigerians with practical skills, improve employability, and position them as drivers of national development.
In a post on his official X account on Wednesday, Tinubu described the reforms approved by the Federal Executive Council on Monday as the most significant since the NYSC was established in 1973. According to the president, the overhaul fulfills a promise he made at his inauguration to create meaningful opportunities for young people and ensure they play a central role in his administration. Tinubu noted that while the NYSC had served the cause of national unity for more than five decades, the country’s current realities require a broader mandate.
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He emphasized that young people make up nearly 70 percent of the population and represent the driving engine of the one-trillion-dollar economy his administration is building, rather than a burden to be managed.
Consequently, the government is repositioning the NYSC from a simple mobilization scheme into a national development platform focused on skills, employability, productivity, and enterprise. Under the newly approved framework, the NYSC orientation programme will be extended to run for six weeks, broken down into three distinct two-week phases.
The initial phase will cover civic responsibility, national values, and leadership development, followed by a second phase dedicated to career mapping, basic accounting, business planning, financial literacy, and public career days.
