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National Service and Matters Arising, By Simon Kolawole

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If not that we politicise everything in Nigeria, the Kemi Adeosun saga should provoke a genuine public debate on reforming the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The constitution and other laws are supposed to be living, not embalmed, documents. No constitution is perfect. Through practice, we encounter the flaws. This dynamism allows us to modernise […]

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Political office is not national service -NYSC tells Shitu

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Nigeria’s NYSC has dismissed the claim by the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shitu, that holding political office compensated for his refusal to participate in the compulsory national service. The spokesperson of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Adenike Adeyemi, said the minister’s claim that holding an elective office suffices for the obligatory national service is […]

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