The Kano State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Sanusi Abdulrasheed, yesterday said over 89 per cent of corps members can’t write or speak good English.
Abdulrasheed, who regretted that the corps members preferred communicating in Pidgin English, reminded graduates that the era of white collar jobs was over in Nigeria.
The state coordinator spoke yesterday in Kano at the passing-out parade of corps members.
He said the NYSC discovered this after a nationwide research.
“I have been asked to remind you, and I don’t want you to feel insulted, but it is a statement of fact that the management throughout the federation made an observation that the bulk of corps members were not communicating effectively in English language.
“Following the nationwide research by NYSC’s management, it was established that 89 per cent of them cannot write good application.”
According to him, the research indicated that “majority of you start writing application with their name, for example, ‘I, Sanusi Abdulrasheed, hereby…’”
He added: “You should know that the point of communicating to the world is through an application. And when you start on a bad note, those who appreciate the use of language would discover that such a person lacks communication skill and such an application would end up in the dustbin.”
The NYSC coordinator urged the corps members to buy primary and secondary textbooks, if necessary, to learn how to communicate in English. You will learn and study numerous ways of writing a good application.”
However, the coordinator advised them not to waste time searching for white collar jobs.
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