The Senate has voted to remove the compulsory National Youth Service Scheme from the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This is a good news for many young Nigerians, however it doesn’t mean that NYSC is now not compulsory for university leavers. It is a first step in allowing the Nigerian lawmakers to amend the NYSC decree. The development comes as many Nigerian youth who are fed up with the non-productive nature of the scheme have been clamoring for its termination.
An overwhelming majority of eighty eight Senators voted for the removal of the NYSC decree from the Constitution, whilst 3 Senators voted against the amendment vote.
Also, two other decrees that were voted out of the constitution include; Public Complaint Commission and State Independent Electoral Commission Decrees.
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