Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, says that the scheme’s proposed Trust Fund would be used to build new orientation camps and expand existing ones.
Ibrahim said this while addressing corps members during his visit to the Kubwa Orientation Camp, Abuja, on Monday.
In a statement signed by Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the NYSC Director, Press, and Public Relations, Ibrahim said that the trust fund would also enable the scheme to maintain camp facilities nationwide.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scheme proposed the establishment of a Trust Fund to support corps members engaged in the NYSC Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme with business start-up capital.
Unable to fund the “Trust Fund”, the scheme has been engaging stakeholders in various sectors, to explore the imperatives of establishing the fund with their support.
NAN reports that the scheme had also submitted a formal proposal to the Federal Government requesting its support for the initiative by presenting a bill at the National Assembly, on the establishment of an NYSC Trust Fund.
“Efforts are in top gear with other stakeholders for the establishment of the NYSC Trust Fund.
“This is to make funds available to you as you exit the service, to establish businesses in line with the skills you acquired during the NYSC SAED programme. (Punch)