The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Ibrahim Shuaibu wants corps members to be involved in sensitizing residents of their host communities on the need to take the COVID-19 vaccination.
The charge was contained in his address to the closing and terminal parade of Batch C stream II corps members at the permanent orientation Camp, Ede Osun State.
In the address read by the Osun State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs Winifred Shekpeka, the Director General pointed out that educating residents of rural communities of critical government programmes and policies was part of the mandate of corps members.
Brigadier Shuaibu warned them against drug abuse, cybercrime and advance fee fraud, noting that such indulgences would not only tarnish the family image of the culprit but would ultimately destroy the individual.
He also told them that the local politics of their host communities was a no go area for them, while he encouraged them to identify and embrace projects that would impact the people.
In her remark, the Osun state coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs Winifred Shokpeka emphasized that from next camping, apart from the call-up letter, COVID-19 vaccination certificate was another important document that would admit a prospective corps member to camp.
Mrs Shokpeka said in conjunction with the NCDC in Osun, all corps members in the Batch C stream II were vaccinated, while residents of adjourning streets in Ede also benefited from the vaccination.
The state coordinator charged the participants to take their security more serious by strictly adhering to all the tips given to them as she also urged them to engage in post-camp training to consolidate the skill acquired during the orientation.
Two of the corps participants, Miss Udenzi Chinaza from the University of Nigeria Nzuka and Mr Charles Daniel from Federal University of Technology, Minna express delight at their posting and pledged to contribute to the development of their host communities.
Two thousand and ninety youth participated in the three weeks orientation exercise for the Batch C Stream II corps including one thousand four hundred and forty-three posted to Osun and six hundred and fifty-three dislodged from Lagos states.
One of the female corps members dislodged from Lagos delivered a baby on the Camp during the exercise.
Adenitan Akinola
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