The Minister of Communications, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami has initiated a policy to ensure corps members are equipped with adequate entrepreneurial skills at the end of their service year to properly empower and position them as entrepreneurs instead of job seekers.
He said all agencies and parastatals under the ministry must: “Plan and execute special ICT entrepreneurial skills capacity building programmes for serving corps members.
Provide opportunities for an appreciable number of youth corps members within their capacities in their regional and head offices annually, with adequate arrangements for their remuneration; give special attention to graduates with ICT – related qualifications and ensure effective use of their time by posting them to relevant departments/units/sections of the organization.
According to a statement by the deputy director of press, Mrs Philomena Oshodin yesterday the attention of the ministry was drawn to recent spate of rejection of corps members posted on national service by some parastatals under its supervision; forcing the minister to direct that all departments and agencies under his purview must comply with the provisions of the law regarding the NYSC scheme.
