Lagride, NYSC to Onboard 5,000 Corps Members into Smart Mobility Programme

Nigeria’s youth mobility and transition gap remains one of the country’s persistent structural challenges.

To address the challenge, Lagride has met with the Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, to present a mobility and empowerment model designed to support corps members both during their service year and immediately after passing out.
The meeting focused on structured income, real-time work opportunities, and a pathway for corps members to join Lagride and CIG while still serving.

The CIG delegation included Mr Jubril Arogundade, Acting Managing Director of Lagride and Executive Director at CIG, Brigadier General Chukwuemeka Udaya, Special Adviser to the Chairman on Government Relations and Business Development, and Mr Ifeanyi Abraham, PR Director for Lagride and CIG.

At the meeting, Lagride proposed to onboard 5,000 corps members into its smart mobility programme. This includes a dedicated Mobility Club inside NYSC that introduces corps members to technology-enabled mobility, financial literacy, operational discipline and early transition opportunities into the Lagride and CIG workforce. This structure provides stability, earnings and a professional environment while corps members are still serving, reducing the uncertainty that typically follows the end of the service year.

The DG emphasised the importance of supporting corps members with practical opportunities during their service year, not only afterwards. He welcomed initiatives that build real skills, create earning potential and strengthen the national service experience.

For CIG, the initiative reflects the long-term commitment of its Chairman, Chief Diana Chen, to human capital development across Nigeria. Over the past decade, CIG has invested in mobility innovation, talent development and programmes that create economic mobility for young Nigerians. The partnership with NYSC aligns with this agenda and expands Lagride’s role in supporting national development.

The meeting ended with an agreement to begin a structured engagement process to refine implementation plans, rollout timelines and onboarding procedures for the first cohort of participating corps members.

When fully executed, this partnership will become one of the most impactful youth-focused mobility programmes in Nigeria, giving thousands of corps members structured income pathways, real work experience and direct access into the broader CIG and Lagride ecosystem.

Lagride said it remained committed to building opportunities that empower Nigeria’s next generation with dignity, structure and economic mobility.