Buhari Celebrates NYSC At 50, Says Scheme Must Be Sustained

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), for the wisdom of setting up the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in 1973, saying it has truly achieved the goal of national integration by providing opportunities for cross-cultural interactions and establishing a bridge for improved understanding. 

 Buhari in a statement by his media aide, Femi Adesina, congratulated the former Head of State and all directors general of the corps, past and present, for inspiring and sustaining a 50-year legacy that has strengthened a web of solidarity, ignited loyalty to the nation, broadened the horizon of citizens, promoted civic responsiveness, created a better understanding of various individual and ethnic identities, their diversities and underscored the bottom-line of the common values of fairness, justice, peace and unity.

 The president expressed the belief that the NYSC remains one the strongest ideals of nation building, institutionally encouraging inter-cultural and inter-religious marriages, resettling of people of various tribes in different parts of the country, exploration of entrepreneurship and business opportunities in places, removing insularity among citizens, and enabling a new culture of oneness, brotherliness and neighborliness.