NYSC BATCH A MAY BE CRIPPLED DUE TO BUAHRI’S ACTION
NYSC BATCH A MAY BE CRIPPLED DUE TO BUAHRI’S ACTION (FULL DETAILS)
This was hinted on Monday, May 16,
by Sule Kazaure , the Director- General of NYSC, during an interactive
session with Senate committee on sport and youth development.
He said letters have been written to
the minister and President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue but the agency
has not received favourable response as the batch is scheduled to
resume on Friday, May 20. He added that despite series of efforts, the
required money for the exercise has not been provided by the federal
government.
However, Kazure expressed
dissatisfaction that the request for the funds were forwarded to its
supervising Minister, the Minister of budget and National Planing,
Minister of finance and the presidency but yet to receive response up
till now. Mr. Adeleke Ademola, the director of finance, also agreed with
Kazure that series of letters have been written to the Minister and
Buhari but no response.
Obina Ogba, the chairman of the
committte however assured that a meeting between the Ministry of
Finance, Ministry of Budget and National Planing and NYSC to address the
issue will be organised. He also revealed that the budget of the
Ministry is short by N13 billion.
Recall that Bukola Saraki had
reportedly turn down Presidency request to manipulate the contents of
the 2016 budget through the backdoor. The controversy caused a major
stir as the presidency revealed new list of development projects removed
or distorted from the budget by the Senate
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