Section 12, The National Youth Service Act, 2016

(1) The object for which the Service is established is totrain graduates to serve the nation. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), it shall be the function of the Service to– 6 7 Functions of Service. Disclosure of interest. Committees of Board. Independence of Service. Meetings of board. (a) generate national consciousness and discipline in service corps by instilling in them a tradition of patriotism, loyalty, integrity, duty and service to the nation; (b) provide skills training and personal development programmes and activities for service corps; (c) initiate, plan, organize, fund, manage, administer and control programmes and activities for the development of service corps; (d) inculcate youth volunteerism and civil responsibilities among the service corps; (e) develop in the service corps the fortitude of mind and moral competence required for leadership; (f) enable the service corps to acquire the capacity to be self-reliant by encouraging them to develop skills for employment; (g) develop cross cultural integration among service corps; (h) do such other things so as to attain the object stated in subsection (1)