Still on NYSC

It has been a while since i sat down to write anything here....am sorry i cant help going away sometimes as its almost impossible for me to blog from my current location... But am here now so i guess i should just go ahead and whine like i always do.

 On the NYSC as a scheme to promote National Integration, i had already pointed out in my previous write up that the lofty aims and objectives of the founding fathers of the scheme can no longer be said to be tenable. However, some other issues have caught my attention in the little time i was absent, and am going to try my very best to express myself the way i ought to.

 First, on the payment on corp members; it would not surprise a good number of corp members that the monthly stipend allocated to corp members by the Federal Government (generally called "allowee") is most times "withheld" in some states. In such instances, corp members suffer all sorts of discomforts, including buying foodstuff on credit, going to report to the Local government Liaison offices with little or no money, as such they have to borrow, and a host of other difficulties.
 Now my question is this, is there not a particular time when this "stipend' should be disbursed to corp members by the various state offices of the NYSC? . It would interest some, and shock some to know that in some states, especially states in the northern part of the country, corp members are paid earlier than others..(and by earlier i mean 2 weeks earlier).... Does it mean that it is not the same Federal Government that remits the monies to the NYSC, who is in charge of disbursing the money appropriately?

 Whoever the people that are in charge of disbursing these monies, they should pay heed to the fact that not all corp members are from rich homes, and as such not all can cry to their daddies or mommies or uncles to send them money when the NYSC decides to hold their allowances ransome. A worker does deserve his/her wages, and it is important that the Federal Government look into this matter, since these corp members are serving their fatherland. 
 Second: On the Community Development Service (CDS) that has been made mandatory by the NYSC in a bid to monitor the activities of corp members towards the development of their communities o primary assignment. Now, i really do wonder what this CDS really means, maybe because i have failed to understand its essence in the scheme. For instance, community development ought to entail coming together to do something either collectively or individually for your host communities. In a situation where corp members are constantly asked to go down to the secretariat from their various communities every thursday in the week, most times to exchange fruitless banter or just write names and go back to their places of primary assignment, there is really little or nothing that can be achieved this way within the one year that is dedicated to this scheme.

 A lot is wrong with the scheme really, and i may not be able to go all out in one blog, but personally, i believe the scheme has long outlived its usefulness and should either be scrapped or its framework reconstructed. That's all i would say for now.............