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Perception Of National Youth Service Corp Members On Community Development Service
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As clearly spelt out in Decree 51 of 6th June, 1993, the objectives include; the following:-
To
inculcate discipline in Nigerian youths by instilling in them the
tradition of industry at work and patriotic and loyal service to Nigeria
in a situation they may find themselves.
To raise the moral tone of
the Nigerian youths by giving them the opportunity to learn about higher
idea of national achievement, social and cultural improvement.
To enable Nigerian youth acquire spirit of self-reliance by encouraging them to develop skills for self employment.
To contribute to the accelerated growth of the national economy.
To
develop common ties among the Nigerian youths and promote national
unity and integration in a study of youth corpers attitude towards
community service carried out by Adedeji (1975) in Ilorin. Akintunde, O.
(1978) in Ibadan and Bayo Lawal (1988) in former Gongola State, it was
discovered that most corpers to be indifferent towards some areas in
community service such as agriculture and technological sectors.
Meanwhile,
community service is geared at:- eradicating ecological challenges;
skill development and development of positive attitude. Community
service which requires self sacrifice in loyalty and total devotion to
the state and nieighbourhood does not seem to have been fully embraced
by youth corpers in Nigeria irrespective of its value to the society due
to diversity of culture and religious difference. Babangida (1993).
Other factors that seem to be militating against the full realization of
the value of community service include:- lack of common interest,
unpatriotic attitude, low remuneration, gender, area of specialization,
socio-economic background, and religious difference. (Obasa, 1995).
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