The National Youth Service Corps has announced that it will establish a radio station in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by 2020, adding that the station would cost N50 million.
According to the source, the radio station, would be aimed at sensitising the public to the workings and programmes of the scheme, as well as to attend to questions and inquiries from corps members nationwide.
The sources added that the radio station would serve as an avenue to project the needs and emergencies of corps members in insecure areas.
The NYSC Director-General, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, had on October 3, confirmed that the scheme was planning to establish a radio station.
“I have just secured approval to establish an FM station in Abuja. We are going to use the radio station to enlighten Nigerians, to entertain Nigerians about the unity of this country. We are re-jigging our efforts at skills acquisition. It is one of our cardinal programmes,” he said.