Section 5, The National Youth Service(Amendmetrt) Act, 2024 sho't title

Secrion 12 of the National Youth Service Acq 2016 isamended by the repeal and replacement of tiat section rvith the follon'ing new section - "FutrctioD! 12. ( t ) The object for which the Service is of servic.' estabtished is to train graduates and non-graduates and to enhance their ability to provide services to the nation. (2) Witiout prcjudice to the generality ofsubsection ( I ), it shall be the ftrnction ofthe Service to- (a) establish orientation carnps for training of Service members; No.9 The Nqtional Yotth Service (Ame'ndenent) Act ZO24 5 (b) Fovide technical and vocational skills iraining, apprenticeship and personal dev€lopment programmes and acliYities for Service membels; (c) senerate national consciousness and iiscipline in Senice members bl instilling in them a tradition of patriotism, loyalty, integrity, duty ard service to the nation; (d) provide personal development programmes and activities for Service members; (e) initiate, plan, organise, fund, manage, ' administCr and control programmes and activities for the development of service; (0 inculcate youth volunteerism and civil responsibilities amoog Service members: operate with and assist fte Office ofNational Security, the National Disaster Management Agency and otherpublic institutions duriry emergencies and disasters; develoo fortitude of mind and moral corupetence required for leadership in Service mmbers; G) (h) (k) (D 0) enable the Service members to acquire the capacity to be self-reliant by encouragbg them to develop skills for emplol'rnent; develop cross cultural inlegration among Service membersi assists the Ministry in the establishment and capacity support of both District and Chiefdom Youth Councils do such other things so as to attain the object of the Sewice." (r) 6 No,9 The Nationql youth Semice (Amenclement) Act 2024 Amendment of section 13 of Act No. 4 Amendmelt of section 14 of Acr No. 4