 The House of Representatives is considering dissolving the National Youth Service Course Scheme, NYSC. The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Alteration Bill 2020, which is seeking to repeal the NYSC Act, is billed for the second reading. The sponsor, Mr Awaji Abianti, listed various reasons why the NYSC should be scrapped, including the innocent killing and kidnapping of core members in some parts of the country due to banditry, religious extremism and ethnic violence. He also added that public and private agencies and departments no longer recruit qualified Nigerian youth because they rely heavily on the availability of core members who are not being well-paid. Recall that the military regime of General Yakubo Gowan had established the NYSC on May 22nd in 1973 as a way of reconciling reintegrating Nigerians after the civil war.