STOP THE AGE BARRIER IN NYSC

SOURCE:NAN

Mr.Ike Onyechere, Chairman,Exam Ethics Marshal International (EEMI)
has called on the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to allow Nigerians Serve their fatherland irrespective of age.

Onyechere made the call in an interview with  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

He said that age should not be a barrier for citizens who were willing to serve their fatherland through NYSC.

Onyechere also blame the issue on unemployment in the country as part of the reason why graduate wanted to observe the one year service in order to earn the N19,800 rather than to be idle.

He identified that the law was only broken when a citizen out rightly refused to do his or her youth service after graduation, advising that issues should be looked at from different perspective and policies.

You could recall that the NYSC banned prospective corps members from the Benue State University,Markurdi due to age falsification by some of the students to make them eligible for the one year NYSC scheme.

EDITED BY: PAUL OKIKIA.