Ayotunde Joseph

Founder @ Jaytee Global
Physiotherapist.
Building companies that improve how people live, work & perform.
Documenting the journey.

[Ayotunde Joseph @Aytee001]

Today is Monday, remember no be everybody dey flirt with you

[ThinkYorùbáFirst Èkó @TYFLagos]

PRESS RELEASE🤫‼️

THINK YORÙBÁ FIRST ORGANIZATION CALLS FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF COMPULSORY NYSC WITH VOLUNTARY AND DECENTRALISED NATIONAL SERVICE

The @officialnyscng was established in 1973 in the aftermath of the Civil War, principally to promote national integration and reconciliation. More than five decades later, Nigeria has fundamentally changed. Nigerians already live, work, study, trade, marry and build communities across state and regional boundaries. National integration can no longer be justified as requiring the compulsory relocation of every graduate.

The @ThinkYoruba_1st therefore holds that the NYSC has substantially fulfilled its historic purpose and that its compulsory character should now be reconsidered.

We propose that national service become voluntary, allowing young Nigerians who genuinely wish to serve to contribute in education, healthcare, agriculture, technology, community development and other sectors. Patriotism should be encouraged through opportunity and civic responsibility, not compulsion.

The current system also creates unnecessary barriers for Nigerians educated abroad. Using NYSC participation as a gateway to certain Federal Government opportunities can exclude Nigerians who trained outside the country and discourage the country from benefiting from its diaspora talent. Nigeria should be creating pathways to harvest the skills, knowledge and international experience of Nigerians abroad—not creating additional barriers to their participation in national development.

If a national service system is retained, the TYF proposes that it be decentralised, with service organised around geopolitical zones, states, local communities, indigenous communities where appropriate, or the individual’s established place of residence. This would allow citizens to contribute where they have meaningful connections and where their skills are needed.

The compulsory movement of graduates across the country also raises questions of human-capital and resource allocation. Communities should not continually lose young professionals while receiving others through centrally imposed postings. National development should strengthen local capacity rather than treating communities simply as destinations for externally assigned manpower.

Most importantly, the human cost cannot be ignored. NYSC members have been exposed to insecurity, attacks, killings and serious road accidents while travelling to or serving in unfamiliar locations. No policy of national integration should disregard the lives and safety of the citizens it is intended to serve.

The TYF therefore calls for a comprehensive review of the compulsory elements of NYSC, including their compatibility with constitutional protections of fundamental rights, personal liberty and freedom of movement. The question Nigeria must now ask is whether compulsory geographic deployment remains necessary and proportionate when voluntary alternatives are available.

TYF POLICY POSITION

The TYF calls for:

* The abolition of compulsory NYSC deployment and its replacement with voluntary service.
* The removal of NYSC as an unnecessary barrier to Federal Government employment.
* Equal opportunities for Nigerians educated abroad to contribute to national development.
* Decentralised service based on locality, state, geopolitical zone or established residence.
* Greater investment in local human-capital development.
* An independent review of deaths, attacks and accidents involving corps members.
* A constitutional and human-rights review of compulsory national service.

Nigeria does not need to compel its young people to prove their patriotism. It needs to create a country in which citizens freely choose to contribute to its development.

TYF calls for the transition from compulsory national service to a voluntary, decentralised and citizen-driven system of service.

[OyoNews @OyoNews1]

Mrs. Rachael Folake Alamu, Principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele, in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, was visibly emotional and teary-eyed during a special award ceremony organised by the Oyo State Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) to mark Teachers’ Day.

[BABTEE 💯✌️✌️ @iambabtee]

URGENT SAFETY WARNING TO STUDENTS AND TRAVELERS

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has received disturbing information regarding the recent kidnapping of NYSC members along their route.

According to information reaching us, the two buses conveying the corps members were reportedly travelling in convoy when they got to the location where the incident occurred. It was alleged that one of the drivers stopped, claiming that he wanted to give money to someone on the other side of the road. The second bus subsequently stopped alongside it, after which armed men reportedly emerged from the bush and abducted the corps members.

Of particular concern is the information that none of the two drivers was reportedly abducted, while the kidnappers were allegedly already positioned around the location where the buses stopped. These circumstances raise serious questions that require urgent and transparent investigation.

At this point, we are not in a position to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident or attribute responsibility to any individual or transport company. However, the questions arising from the incident cannot be ignored.

We therefore call on the relevant security agencies and government authorities to urgently investigate the operations of UDUA KING Transport Service in connection with this incident, and where necessary, suspend its operations pending the conclusion of the investigation, in order to establish exactly what transpired.

As a precautionary measure, we advise students and other travelers to exercise extreme caution and, pending clarification of the circumstances surrounding this incident, consider avoiding UDUA KING Transport Service.

We are particularly concerned about the safety of Nigerian students and young people who travel across the country every day. The circumstances surrounding this incident must be thoroughly investigated, and anyone found to have compromised the safety of the victims must be held accountable.

There are many questions requiring answers, and we believe the families of the victims, the NYSC community and Nigerians deserve nothing less than a transparent investigation.

The safety of Nigerian students remains our priority.

Aluta Continua!

Comrade Akinteye Babatunde Afeez
National President
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)

[Felix @felixherbt]

Have you ever seen NYSC members protest the kidnapping of their fellow coppers? The mindset we have toward ourselves is absurd!

[Ayotunde Joseph @Aytee001]

@instablog9ja Terrorists not bandits

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

B@ndits Allegedly Abd¥ct 18 Oyo Students, K+ll Bus Driver

[Naija @Naija_PR]

Nigerian playwright Ayodeji Ajadi has won a £37,092 Kowitz Scholarship to study Creative Writing: Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia in the UK. Ajadi says his play Sons of Anan, a project that once left him in debt became the work that helped secure the scholarship.

For Nigerian creatives, the story is a reminder that theatre, writing and storytelling can become globally valuable careers, not just hobbies.

Sometimes the work that struggles locally can become the portfolio that opens an international door.

[Parallel Facts @ParallelFacts]

“Your Silence on Abductions of 20 NYSC Members Is Worrisome” — Makinde Blasts Tinubu, Calls for Rescue https://t.co/pt753oTuzJ

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

20 NYSC members abd¥cted in Imo allegedly a$$aulted as k+dnappers slash ransom from ₦50m to ₦5m per victim

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

The Oyo State Government on Sunday disclosed that it was working closely with the Imo State Government and relevant security agencies to secure the safe release of 20 prospective corps members of Oyo State origin abducted in Imo State.

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

I Was So Desperate for Validation and Craved Clout and recognition, But Now That I Am in Christ, I’m in a Place of Peace — Billionaire’s Daughter, DJ Cuppy

[Naija @Naija_PR]

UNILORIN being Nigeria’s best university for research quality matters more if the research eventually leaves the campus

The University of Ilorin has emerged as Nigeria’s highest-scoring university for research quality in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, recording 69.4 points in that category. That puts it ahead of UNILAG at 67.8, Bayero University at 66.5 and the University of Ibadan at 64.9.

Importantly, this does not mean UNILORIN is Nigeria’s best university overall. Covenant University, UI and UNILAG jointly lead the overall Nigerian ranking, while UNILORIN sits in the next group.

But the research-quality result has a bigger implication.

Universities should not exist only to produce graduates. They should help solve problems outside their gates.

Good agricultural research can increase crop yields. Medical research can improve treatment. Engineering research can address energy and infrastructure problems. Business and economic research can influence better policy.

THE’s research-quality measure considers factors including citation impact and the wider influence of university research.

So UNILORIN’s achievement should be celebrated but there is an even more important standard.

Nigeria does not just need universities producing research that other academics cite. We need research that farmers, hospitals, businesses, industries and government can actually use.

The real victory comes when academic excellence begins solving Nigerian problems.

[Instablog9ja @instablog9ja]

NYSC Abd¥ction: Osun NURTW Raises Alarm Over Insecurity on Highways

[Ayotunde Joseph @Aytee001]

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[Fact @Fact]

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