Kate Henshaw advocates for the scrapping of NYSC amid reopening of Borno camp after 13 years

Popular Nigerian actress Kate Henshaw has given her reasons why she had called for the total removal of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC scheme.

Taking to social media platform, X, formerly Twitter, the veteran actress called for the scrapping of the NYSC scheme.

However, she went down memory lane, recounting numerous freebies she got with her NYSC identity card while she camped in Bauchi state.

“When I served in the North, it was a very memorable experience. Travelling from Bauchi by road to the airport was safe & then flying to Lagos just with my NYSC ID card, which also got me rebate on my ticket,”

The actress said that discontinuing the plan was preferable since corps members were unable to move inside the nation owing to insecurity.

She said:

“It’s time to SCRAP this idea since corpers can’t travel within this country without LET OR HINDRANCE! Stop putting the lives of young people at risk with moribund ideas. Security is a priority & needs to be sorted totally, not technically.”

See her tweet below:

When I served in the North,it was a very memorable experience. Travelling from Bauchi by road to the airport was safe & then flying to Lagos just with my NYSC ID card, which also got me rebate on my ticket.
It's time to SCRAP this idea since corpers can't travel within this…

— Kate Amaka Henshaw (@HenshawKate) August 23, 2023

This is coming amid the reopening of the NYSC camp in Borno after 13 years.

See some of the reactions below;

flakkyBanky: “I did my 3 weeks orientation in Taraba and it was an interesting experience, I still can’t believe I’ve lived in the North. Also spent a day is Yola touring around before getting my flight back home. Them no born me well to try that again with the insecurities everywhere .”

GbemiDennis: “The purpose of national integration and unity which this scheme should be serving has been eroded due to several avoidable reasons. It has gradually turned to a space to fulfil academic and certification requirement without a sense of nation building. SMH.”

CryptoStarterTV: “I think the NYSC is a distraction the government now uses to avoid employing a valuable workforce. Why employ when you can recycle free workers yearly?”