
NYSC is an acronym meaning National Youth Service Corps. According to Wikipedia, the NYSC is a mandatory, post-tertiary scheme set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime of Head of State, Yakubu Gowon in 1973, to “reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war”. There is no military conscription in Nigeria, but since 1973, graduates of universities and polytechnics have been required to take part in the...