The current security breaches in the North have been described as the major threat to the continued implementation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia State made the remark during a dinner organised in honour of Gov. Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State who is in the state on a two-day working visit.
Orji regretted that corps members were now rejecting posting to volatile states in protest against the killing of the people by the Boko Haram.
''The idea for which NYSC was set up cannot be achieved under this circumstance. If this insurgency continues, NYSC will die, it will collapse,'' he said.
He recalled his youth service experience in Sokoto with nostalgia, but regretted that young graduates might no longer have such opportunity provided by the scheme.
The governor, therefore, stressed the need for all Nigerians to unite to end the terrorist activities of the sect.
He further spoke of the return of ''peace, brotherliness and unity'' brought about by his administration through the reconciliation of the political class in the state.
The governor said the current atmosphere in the state had led to the progress and development.
Wamakko, in his speech, underscored the need for political leaders in the country to engage in acts that would promote national unity and progress.
He explained that his administration believed in one Nigeria, saying that residents of the state enjoyed equal treatment, irrespective of tribe or religion.
He described Orji as a detribalised Nigerian and commended him for his people-oriented programmes.
Wamakko, who said that he had visited the state as a deputy governor more than a decade ago, noted that the two cities of Umuahia and Aba had been transformed in terms of roads and clean environment.
Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia south, a former member of the House of Representatives, Chief Mao Ohuabunwa and Chief Tony Ukasanya, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, also commended Orji's leadership qualities.
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