The
director general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier
General Suleiman Kazaure, on Monday, May 16, 2016, said lack of funds
may hinder the mobilization of the 2016 batch A stream 2 corps members
for the orientation course. The orientation is expected to commence on
Friday, May 20, 2016
Brig. Kazaure spoke when he appeared
before the Senate committee on Sports in Abuja. He told the committee
that the money required was yet to be provided even as the orientation
exercise holds simultaneously in 37 camps across the country.
According to him, the authorities of the
NYSC had written several letters to the federal government requesting
for funds to mobilise the prospective corps members for the three weeks
orientation course, but the federal government had failed to give
positive response to NYSC demands.
He told the senate committee that he
wrote letters to the federal ministry of youths and sports, finance,
budget and the presidency but all remained dumb to the demands of the
NYSC.
He said “as at present we are at a loss
over where to raise money to mobilise thousands of Nigerian graduates
for the three weeks programme which is expected to resume this Friday.
“This is in spite of efforts made by us
to get things done in that direction several weeks ago. The problem
staring us in the face arose from the N13 billion shortfall we had in
the 2016 budget estimate which the agency made strong request for its
provision during budget defense”.
He told the committee that the chief of
staff to President Muhammadu Buhari had invited the minister of youths
and sports, Solomon Dalong, to see him over the matter.
0 comments:
Post a Comment