NYSC has failed, only worked in the past – Sam Amadi

The Director of the Abuja School of Social Thought and Politics, Sam Amadi, on Friday said the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, has failed, stressing that it only worked in the past.
Amadi said what he described as ‘self-select’ tendencies among the elite has undermined the scheme.
Featuring on Arise Television’s Morning Show, Amadi said: “Most elites now self-select, I can’t tell everybody who call me from my village that my son is going for NYSC, I want him in Abuja, Lagos, everybody self-selects so that defeats the fundamental framework of the scheme.
“The ministry that oversees it doesn’t have the resources to provide protocol that protects as we have seen stories of young p...