Mr Mukhtar added that the reforms positioned the NYSC as a continental model for youth service innovation.
Mr Olawande noted the reforms will reposition the NYSC as a skills-driven, productivity-focused and youth-empowering institution.
The permanent secretary of the State House says retired State House workers are among the first set of federal civil servants to benefit from the new gratuity scheme.
The Nigerian government says collaboration with WIPO will expand intellectual property protection, commercialisation, and opportunities for businesses and innovators.
The guidelines follow the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval of the revised policy.
Former Governor Boni Haruna has said that Nigeria’s widening infrastructure deficit is caused by “discontinuity of policies”, not insufficient funding.
The minister said that the reconstruction would take 36 months.
The council’s approval followed a painstaking process of ratification by critical stakeholders in Nigeria’s nutrition sector, comprising public and private sector sponsors.
FEC has approved a new exit benefit scheme granting retiring federal civil servants a gratuity equivalent to 100 per cent of their total annual emoluments.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima says the implementation of new tax reforms will eliminate the burden of multiple levies and charges on small businesses.
