The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore has unveiled his plans for the Nigerian youths if he becomes president.
He promised to give them the freedom to structure their individual futures and career paths.
In a post on his social media pages, the activist said would abolish the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as well as the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Scrapping the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) would allow individual universities to set merit based admission processes.
Sowore’s vision:
When I become President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria:
@JAMBHQ will be abolished. Admission into tertiary institutions should be determined by the institutions themselves under a transparent, merit-based system, not by another layer of bureaucracy.
The National Youth Service Corps @nysc_ng , in its current form, will be scrapped. In its place, we will establish a two-year, voluntary National Job Corps that guarantees participants meaningful employment, practical skills, entrepreneurship support, and pathways into permanent careers.
Nigeria’s young people do not need more compulsory schemes. They need opportunities, jobs, skills, and the freedom to choose their future.
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