AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS SCHEME AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR PROMOTING NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA
AN EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS SCHEME AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR PROMOTING NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA
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Date
2000-10
Authors
CLARK, HENRY UDUMENBRAYEN
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ABSTRACT
The most contentious problem facing post-independence NIGERIA is the
phenomenon or fear of national disintegration. There was a tragic Civil
War. from 1967 - 70, military seizures of political power and numerous
constitutions had been written and discarded. As long as Nigeria continues
to grapple with the problem of nation - building, Integration will remain a
topical issue. For this reason, the Federal Military Government
conceptualized the National Youth Service Corps in 1973 to pilot the
formula for achieving full integration and unity. The aim of this study is to
evaluate the effectiveness of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme as an
instrument for promoting national integration in Nigeria with a view to
making recommendations. The timeframe of study is from 1986 ~ 88. The
objective of the study can be seen from the theoretical and practical
dimensions. Specifically, the study will enable us understand the process of
national integration and the dynamics of the movement of Youth Corpers
across geographical and cultural boundaries. The theoretical frame work
is the Social Communications - Transactional Theory for Political
Integration. Three hypothesis are advanced on the dynamics of the
movement of Youth Corpers across geographical and cultural boundaries.
The population and unit of analysis comprised Youth Corpers who served
1986/87 designated Post-Corpers and 1987/88 designated Pre-Corpers.
The catchment area is Anambra (Anambra/Enugu and part of Ebonyi)
Benue (Benue and part ofKogi) Kaduna (Kaduna/Katsina) Lagos States and
Abuja FCT Recourse is to made to the techniques of Kolmogorov Smirnov
and Chi-Square for the purpose of applying statistical test to the null
hypothesis. The results and findings proved that the NYSC promotes
national integration and unity through interactions with other Nigerians.
The study had postulated that national unity is a function of contact
dynamics in a nation - state. It is recommended amongst others that the
Federal government should replicate this study at the national level for
policy and cost benefit analysis.
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FACULTY: ADMINISTRATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA.
Keywords
EVALUATION,, EFFECTIVENESS,, NATIONAL,, YOUTH,, SERVICE,, CORPS,, SCHEME,, INSTRUMENT,, PROMOTING,, NATIONAL,, INTEGRATION,, NIGERIA.