First off before I start my 1000+ words of undiluted sarcastic rants I want to put it out there that Nysc Camp is The Ghetto! With a capital G!! sho get?. Ok now that I have given you a preamble I can now begin the rants *takes a deep breath* so to get the whole idea behind this scheme, we ought to go back to the beginning of it all. NYSC is an acronym of NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORP a paramilitary scheme set up by Gen Yakubu Gowan on 22nd May 1973, this scheme was designed as a means to promote post-conflict peace in Nigeria after the Nigeria Civil war that took place between 1967-1970. After the war there was said to be this fear amongst civilians, there was no inter state travels, people had no interest in leaving their states, local governments and villages, a fear which is very understandable when you look at how brutal the civil war was and how the war was not just a military and civilian war but an inter-tribal war. The Yakubu Gowen administration came up w...