Lack Of Funds May Hinder NYSC 2016 Batch A Stream 2

Lack Of Funds May Hinder NYSC 2016 Batch A Stream 2

The Director General (DG), National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, told the Senate on Monday that lack of funds may disturb the mobilisation of the 2016 Batch A Stream 2 for orientation.

The DG told the Senate Committee on Sports that the funds required for the orientation was yet to be provided, even as the NYSC has written severally to the Federal Government

He said that the NYSC had written to the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, Finance, Budget and the Presidency even before the end of the orientation camp for Batch A, Stream One.

We are presently at a loss in NYSC now as there is no money for us to mobilise thousands of prospective corps members in the Batch A Stream 2 to camp this Friday.

This is in spite of efforts made by us to get things done in that direction several weeks ago.

The problem staring us in the face arose from the N13 billion shortfall we had in the 2016 budget estimate which the agency made strong request for its provision during budget defence”.

Kazaure, however, expressed the hope that the presidency may make last minute intervention by providing “the urgently-needed fund for the programme’’.

In his remark, Chairman of the Senate committee, Sen. Obinna Ogba, assured the NYSC that the senate would intervene in the matter.

He said that the senate would convene a meeting during the week for all the parties concerned, including Ministries of Finance and Budget, to find a quick solution to the problem.

He said:

We have listened to you and we are also disturbed by the problem at hand as regards paucity of funds for mobilisation of prospective corps members.

NYSC is not something to joke with; even if it is through urgent supplementary budget provisions, the problem must be quickly tackled by the Federal Government.