It’s Time To Make NYSC Voluntary.
Source: Punch Newspapers.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, recently reopened the debate on the continued relevance of the National Youth Service Corps scheme. His assertion that the compulsory one-year national service for young Nigerians graduating from higher institutions must stay based on the primary goals of the scheme’s founders represents only one strand of public opinion. In a democracy, all national programmes are subject to discourse. The NYSC cannot be an exception.
Officials and others arguing for the retention of the NYSC have their reasons, but so also do the many others who say the programme in its present format has outlived its usefulness and should be retooled in line with current realities.
This newspaper aligns strongly with the latter option. Circumstances since the NYSC was launched by the military regime of Yakubu Gowon in 1973 have changed radically. But like its founding fathers, Dare and other promoters are stuck on ideas of “national unity” and see the scheme as a major tool in this quest.
Southerner Must Succeed Buhari—Akeredolu Insists.
Source: Punch Newspapers.
The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has declared that the struggle for the Southern part of the country to produce the next president must continue until it is realised.
To this end, Akeredolu urged the people to vote for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the presidential election, in the spirit of fairness and equality
The governor stated this on Thursday in Akure, the state capital, while receiving a former Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi.
Officer Who Killed Bolanle Raheem Still In Detention – Police.
Source: Channels Television.
The Lagos State Police Command has said that the trigger-happy cop (Drambi Vandi) who killed Mrs Bolanle Raheem, is still in detention, even as investigations into the case intensifies.
Revealing this in a short post via Twitter, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command spokesman who shared a photo of the officer, said investigations have shown that the other two officers who were with Drambi had no hand in the shooting incident.
Tanko Yakasai Tackles Daura Emir For Urging Northerners To Vote For Their Own Candidate.
Source: The Sun Nigeria.
Second Republic politician, Tanko Yakasai has criticised the Emir of Daura, Faruk Umar Daruk for Northerners to vote for their own in the 2023 presidential elections.
Tanko, in a chat with some journalists in Kano, Thursday, lamented that a similar statement was made by a former Minister of Agriculture,and Rursl Development, Sani Zango Daura, a few days ago.
Tanko condemned both statements , saying they were retrogressive, unpopular and capable of undermining the advancements so far recorded in the political space.
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