NYSC members cannot speak common English

NYSC members doing parade

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen Nnamdi Okore-affia has lamented that it is now a herculean task for NYSC management to cope with corps members across the federation because of the inability of the corps members to deliver by speaking good English Language. According to him, members  of the public now condemn NYSC scheme because they have failed to impact positively on their children. He said they are now at the receiving end because parents will always complain of their wards and kids not doing well simply because they were not well instructed. This has exposed the level of decadence in our educational system nationwide. He revealed this in Ilorin, Kwara state when he was addressing the 2013 batch A pre-mobilization workshop. ''Unfortunately too, we have corps members who can hardly communicate in English language let alone being able to teach in the classroom '' he lamented. English language is the medium of instruction in Nigerian Universities but due to wide spread corruption, the quality of graduates from Nigerian higher institutions have since declined.