NYSC, Nigeria’s best unification tool – Presidential Adviser

The Sierra Leone Presidential Adviser on Youth Sheku Kamara, says the National Youth Service Corps NYSC scheme, remains Nigeria’s best tool to foster unity among its citizen.

He made this known while fielding questions from newsmen at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, in Kubwa, FCT.

Kamara, who led a delegation on an inspection and monitoring tour of the FCT and Kaduna orientation camps, says they were ‘awed’ by the level of multi-agency and communal participation in activities of the scheme.

He urged the Federal Government to keep the NYSC going as it was the supreme model in youth participation and service in Africa.

He states that the team visited the NYSC to see what examples and lessons could be learned and possibly implement back in their country adding that the government of Sierra Leone sent delegates to Nigeria to learn from the 44 years existence of the scheme and implement on that country’s National Youth Service NYS, similar to the NYSC.

He equally note that the visit is also aimed at getting a study tour of the NYSC, find out its challenges and successes to enable the country build a strong national youth service within a short time.

The presidential adviser said the Sierra Leone NYS is a year old.