One of Nigeria’s most enduring national institutions, the National Youth Service Corps, is entering a new era, as the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a holistic reform of the agency.

This is the first review of the NYSC in its 53-year history.

As part of the approval, FEC directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Ministry of Youth to amend the NYSC Act and its regulations to reflect all the approved reform measures, enabling immediate implementation of the new framework.

Under the reform, the NYSC will be led by a civilian in its operational leadership, while the military will continue to handle security for corps members across the country.

This shift is intended to reposition NYSC as a skill-oriented, productivity-driven, youth-empowering institution that directly supports the administration’s ambition of building a $1 trillion economy.

Speaking on the reform, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, said that there was a need for us to intervene to build the present ambition of a $1 trillion economy by repositioning the NYSC as a civilian-led, skill-oriented, productivity-driven, and youth-empowering national institution.

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