
The Catholic Bishop of Jalingo Diocese The Most Rev. Dr. Charles Harmawa has described those calling for the scrapping of National Youth Service Corps as enemies of the country who do not wish for the harmonious existence of the country to continue.
Harmawa stated this at the commissioning of some Community Development Service (CDS) projects in Jalingo executed by a corps member, Uche Emem, serving with the Diocesan Directorate of Information.
According to Harmawa, the NYSC scheme is the only scheme in the country at the moment that chronicles and emphasises national unity by encouraging youths to traverse other parts of the country to get to know and understand the diverse nature of the country thereby dismissing some of the wrong notion that have subsisted over the years.
“There are a lot of wrong notions formed as a result of wrong information about various groups in the country. These create a situation of animosity towards such groups. The NYSC provides a platform for youths to traverse different parts of the country to get first-hand experience with people from these areas and that invariably creates some level of understanding and tolerance that we really need as a nation so as to move forward.”