Brig.-Gen. Sulyman Kazaure, Director-General, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), says the commission is presently at a loss as they have no funds to mobilize thousands of prospective corps members in the Batch A Stream 2 to camp this Friday May 20th.
While speaking in Abuja today May 16th, with members of the Senate Committee on Sports, he said:
“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,”
He, however, expressed the hope that the presidency may make last minute intervention by providing “the urgently-needed fund for the programme’’.
He told the committee that the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari had invited the Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalong, to see him over the matter.
In his remark, Chairman of the Senate committee, Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP Ebonyi Central), assured the NYSC that the senate would intervene in the matter.
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