Reasons why NYSC Batch 'A' was crippled

The mobilization of batch ‘A’ stream 2 of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) might be crippled due to cash crunch as their allocation in the 2016 budget has been slashed by 40 percent. This was hinted on Monday, May 16, by Sule Kazaure , the Director- General of ‎ NYSC, during an interactive session with Senate committee on sport and youth development.He said letters have been written to the minister and President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue but the agency has not received favourable response as the batch is scheduled to resume on Friday, May 20. He added that despite series of efforts, the required money for the exercise has not been provided by the federal government. However, Kazure expressed dissatisfaction that ‎the request for the funds were forwarded to its supervising Minister, the Minister of budget and National Planing, Minister of finance and the presidency but yet to receive response up till now.

Mr. Adeleke Ademola, the director of finance, also agreed with Kazure that series of letters have been written to the Minister and Buhari but no response. Obina Ogba, the chairman of the committte however assured that a meeting between the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Budget and National Planing and NYSC to address the issue will be organised. He also revealed that the budget of the Ministry is short by N13 billion. Recall that Bukola Saraki had reportedly turn down Presidency request to manipulate the contents of the 2016 budget through the backdoor. The controversy caused a major stir as the presidency revealed new list of development projects removed or distorted from the budget by the Senate