The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, has emphasized the need to reform the scheme’s mobilization process to stay relevant in today’s fast-changing world.
Speaking at the 2025 Batch ‘A’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, he highlighted the importance of adapting strategies to reflect current realities.
General Nafiu noted that the workshop’s theme, “Reforming Corps Mobilisation in the Contemporary Nigerian Society: Challenges and Prospects,” is fitting, given the measures being implemented to ensure NYSC’s continued relevance. These measures focus on fostering national unity, integration, and holistic development.
He stated further that by leveraging technology, security partnerships, infrastructure investment and skill-based deployment, NYSC would enhance efficiency, improve prospective and serving Corps Members’ experiences and sustain the Scheme’s contributions to national development.
He implored the workshop participants drawn from all Corps producing institutions from every part of Nigeria to engage in robust discussions and brainstorm the challenges and prospects of the NYSC mobilization process.
“We will examine the intersections of youth development, national service, and societal transformation while exploring innovative strategies to harness the energy and ideas of Nigerian youth to build a more peaceful, just and prosperous society,” the DG said.
The Director, Corps Mobilisation, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar in his introductory remarks said the NYSC Pre-Mobilization Workshop is essential for bringing together the NYSC, Corps Producing Institutions and other key stakeholders to brainstorm and improve the Scheme’s mobilization efforts.
He added that NYSC has made remarkable progress in reducing challenges due to innovative approaches and better collaboration.
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