Is Nigeria’s mandatory youth corps still fit for purpose?
Al Jazeera
NYSC members complain of being sent to dangerous areas, poor conditions and little improvement in job prospects.
It was about 3pm on a Sunday in mid-May when 27-year-old Kelechi* looked out of the front window of the 18-passenger mini-bus taxi he was travelling in.
A graduate of the University of Calabar in Nigeria’s Rivers state, he was making his way to neighbouring Benue, which had become a hotspot for attacks by armed groups and bandits.
The Benue state government had banned motorcycles in the area and set up checkpoints along the roads. But as his minibus joined a queue of vehicles at a checkpoint, Kelechi saw a motorbike approach. The men on board were carrying guns. They opened fire, killing two people.
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