The bill seeking the establishment of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Trust Fund has scaled through at the Senate.
Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti) sponsored the bill which seeks to provide a sustainable source of funds for the NYSC, skill acquisition, training and empowerment of corps members, training and retraining of the personnel of the scheme, development of camps and NYSC formations and facilities.
Adaramodu said if the bill is ascented to, the NYSC Trust Fund would not be subjected to abuse like the other existing social intervention programmes.