The 2016 Batch 'A' Stream II orientation course for prospective corps members has been postponed indefinitely by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
It said the postponement was due to logistic reasons.
Speaking in a telephone interview with the Nigerian Tribune, in Abuja, on Thursday, the Head of Press Unit, Mrs Abosede Aderibigbe, confirmed the development.
Aderibigbe, who did not give a likely date for the commencement of the orientation, said this would be communicated on a later date.
She said: “It has been postponed tentatively for logistic reasons indefinitely. But the new date will be communicated to you later.”
The orientation course was supposed to commence on May 21 and end by June 6, 2016.
The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Zakari Kazaure, had on Monday, before the Senate Committee on Sports and Youth Development, stated that unless the Federal Government provided immediate intervention, it might not be able to mobilise the next set of prospective corps members.
He said this was due to lack of funds, as the scheme witnessed shortfalls in its allocation in the 2016 Budget.
According to him, several letters were written to the Minister of Youths and Development, Mr Solomon Dalung, and the Presidency for a bailout without results.
He said: “We cannot mobilise them to camp this week because of inadequate funding to meet our request.”
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