Section 1: Establishment and objectives of National Youth Service Corps.

(1) There is hereby established a scheme to be known as the National Youth Service Corps (in this Act referred to as "the service corps").
(2) The service corps shall with a view to-
(a) the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the Nigerian youths;
(b) the promotion of national unity; and
(c) the development of the Nigerian youth and Nigeria into a great and dynamic economy,
be charged with the functions as pertain to the objectives of the service corps set out in subsection (3) of this section.
(3) The objectives of the service corps shall be to-
(a) inculcate discipline in Nigerian youths by instilling in them a tradition of industry at work, and, of patriotic and loyal service to Nigeria in any situation they may find themselves;
(b) raise the moral tone of the Nigerian youths by giving them the opportunity to learn about higher ideals of national achievement, social and cultural improvement;
(c) develop in the Nigerian youths the attitudes of mind, acquired through shared experience and suitable training, which will make them more amenable to mobilisation in the national interest;
(d) enable Nigerian youths acquire the spirit of self reliance by encouraging them to develop skills for self employment;
(e) contribute to the accelerated growth of the national economy;
(f) develop common ties among the Nigerian youths and promote national unity and integration;
(g) remove prejudices, eliminate ignorance and confirm at first hand the many similarities among Nigerians of all ethnic groups; and
(h) develop a sense of corporate existence and common destiny of the people of Nigeria.
(4) In order to achieve the objectives in subsection (3) of this section, the service corps shall ensure-
(a) the equitable distribution of members of the service corps and the effective utilisation of their skills in areas of national needs;
(b) that as far as possible, Nigerian youths are assigned to jobs in States other than their States of origin;
(c) that such group of Nigerian youths assigned to work together is representative of Nigeria as far as possible;
(d) that the Nigerian youths are exposed to the modes of living of the people in different parts of Nigeria;
(e) that the Nigerian youths are encouraged to eschew religious intolerance by accommodating religious differences;
(f) that members of the service corps are encouraged to seek at the end of their one year national service, career employment all over Nigeria, thus, promoting the free movement of labour;
(g) that employers are induced partly through their experience with members of the service corps to employ more readily and on a permanent basis, qualified Nigerians, irrespective of their States of origin.