Medical Students Call for Scrapping of NYSC Programme, Label it Torturous
Medical practitioners serving in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have raised their voices, demanding the complete abolition of the NYSC program for medical students. Medical professionals argue that the challenges faced during NYSC, including inadequate compensation and potential security risks, outweigh any perceived benefits.
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Medical practitioners serving in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have raised their voices, demanding the complete abolition of the NYSC program for medical students.
The program, which mandates a one-year service, has been labeled as torturous by those who endure it.
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The outcry follows a tweet posted on social media by Zainab Aisha, a medical professional. In her tweet, she expressed her frustration: “I can’t seem to grasp why people enjoy NYSC. This has undoubtedly been the hardest part of my medical career. The federal government needs to reevaluate NYSC for medical personnel as I fail to see its point.”
The call for scrapping the NYSC programme for medical personnel stems from the perceived redundancy of an additional mandatory year of service after completing rigorous medical education and internship requirements. Medical professionals argue that the challenges faced during NYSC, including inadequate compensation and potential security risks, outweigh any perceived benefits.
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Supporting this sentiment, another practitioner commented, “Besides the risk of being posted to an insecure state for NYSC, another concern is the poor salary for NYSC doctors. Why should I have to do private practice to supplement my income? It doesn’t make sense.”
Echoing these grievances, another respondent stated, "Yeah it’s unnecessary after 5/6/7 years of school, then a year of torture called internship/housemanship we get it. The NYSC year adds up too."
