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SUMMARY
Faced with a total breakdown of social harmony following the 30-month- Civil War (1967-1970) which followed the unsuccessful attempt by the then Eastern Region to secede from the country, the then Federal Military Government (FMG) realized that having won the war, it was imperative that the peace – of solid and voluntary national unity – be won. It was a clear realization that, even though the constituent parts of this multi-ethnic and multi-religious country have been forced to stay together - as they were forced in 1914 by the British to come together - true feelings of loyalty and solidarity that produce national cohesion and unity upon which national progress and growth are predicated, could only be an outcome of a deliberate social process.it was in this case that the government eventually decided on only the compulsory national youth service with the promulgation on May 22, 1973 of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Decree 24 of 1973.
The scheme consists of four phases: the orientation course, primary assignment, community development service and the passing-out ceremony all of which function differently. There is also the Eligibility for participation.
