The House of Representatives will on Thursday, February 24, hold a public hearing on the National Youth Service Corps Trust Fund bill, having passed second reading at the Green Chamber.
Speaking at the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Pre-Orientation Workshop yesterday, in Abuja,  the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Major-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, said that the bill sought to address the infrastructural deficit in the Orientation Camps, ensure adequate provision of other operational logistics as well as address the problem of graduate unemployment in the country.
He to supporters of the NYSC scheme, including influential public figures, Civil Society Organizations, students’ bodies, members of the academia and media practitioners, to send memoranda to the House Committee on Youth and Sports as well as make physical appearance at the public hearing to help drum support for the establishment of the Trust Fund.
In his address, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, said the FCT Administration would not relent in providing the necessary support to the NYSC, especially as it relates to the security and welfare of corps members.
