News

Contribute to the economic fortune of the country – Makinde Charges Corpers

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By Temidayo Adu

Corps members serving in Oyo State have been charged to live as change agents in their respective host communities.

Governor Seyi Makinde gave the charge while declaring the orientation course for the 2025 Batch A Stream One closed at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Iseyin, Oyo State.

The governor, represented by the Director of Sports Development at the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Alhaja Kudirat Mustapha, explained that society placed high expectations on the young graduates to serve as role models to the younger generation in their respective community of service.

He urged them to join hands with the government to stamp out corruption and deploy their expertise and ingenuity to fight the scourge of poverty and economic hardship currently militating against the country.

Earlier in an address, the NYSC State Coordinator, Mr Abel Oche, enjoined the corps members not to deviate from the training instilled in them during the three-week orientation exercise.

Mr Oche tasked them to explore additional skills which would make them self-reliant to contribute to the economic fortune of the country after the one-year mandatory service.

While urging the corps members not to denigrate the tradition and culture of their host communities, the NYSC State Coordinator advocated provision of corps lodges in all the thirty-three local government areas of the state to ease the accommodation problem of serving in the state.

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Health

NYSC takes Healthcare Services to Rural Area

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By Kayode Animasaun

The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Ayedatiwa has promised that the state government will strengthen the partnership with the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, towards ensuring that many rural dwellers benefit from the scheme’s qualitative healthcare services.

Ayedatiwa made this remark while flagging off the first quarter Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) programme held at Ipogun community in Ifedore Local Government.

The Acting Governor, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Mrs Foluke Tunde-Daramola commended the NYSC for reaching out beyond her primary mandate of uniting the country to provide free and qualitative healthcare services to rural communities.

In an address, the State Coordinator, Mrs Victoria Nnenna Ani said that NYSC came up with the idea of the Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) programme as a means to reach out to the rural dwellers who under normal circumstances were unable to access medical attention as a result of neglect and remoteness of their locations.

The State Coordinator disclosed that the programme aimed at mobilising volunteer corps medical personnel to rural settings to complement government at all levels to give free and qualitative healthcare services.

Also speaking, the Adapogun Oripogun of Ipogunland, Oba Raphael Ojo urged the community dwellers to take advantage of free medical services provided by the NYSC to improve their health conditions.

Some corps medical personnel gave health talks on critical health conditions such as blood pressure, diabetes, physical well-being, and balanced diet as well as discourse on open defecation before a medical investigation and administration of drugs.

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Education

Be Patriotric During Elections – NYSC DG Tells Corps Members

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By Adenitan Akinola

Ahead of this month’s general elections, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yusuf Ahmed wants corps members to be patriotic as they participate in various activities during the election.

Brigadier General Ahmed made this known in his speech at the closing ceremony of the orientation exercise for Batch A Stream I of the 2023 NYSC national service.

He charged the corps members to remain neutral and diligent in the discharge of their electoral assignment, noting that, it was crucial to the deepening of the Nation’s Democracy.

“You are to ensure adherence to the guidelines contained in the Electoral Act and, especially, remain neutral throughout the exercise. As you get set to partake in this important National assignment, I would like to assure you that we have secured the commitment of the Independent National Electoral Commission and security agencies regarding your welfare a safety before, during and after the elections”

In the address presented by the Osun State coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Olayinka Abdulwahab at the scheme Orientation Camp, Ede Osun State, the Director General cautioned the corps members against unauthorized and night journeys, adding that, once it is six o’clock in the evening, they should stop at any military Barack or police station to pass the night before proceeding on their trips.


He also warned them against any criminal conduct including Internet fraud, cultism and advanced fee fraud, noting that their NYSC identity is not an immunity against prosecution.

Brigadier General Ahmed advised the corps members to embrace skill acquisition and put into practice all they learnt during the orientation exercise.

” I encourage you to build on the skills acquired by availing yourselves of opportunities for post-camp training as this will go a long way in empowering you for self-reliance. On our part, we will continue to liaise with financial institutions and other stakeholders with a view to providing start-up loans to enable you to actualize your business dreams. I assure you that Management will continue to explore avenues for optimizing the impact of the programme”.

A total of thousand, seven hundred and eighty-four participated in the exercise in Osun State, out of which four hundred and four were dislodged from Lagos state.

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Education

NYSC Reaches Out to Secondary School Students in Oko

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In the bid to give back to the host community,NYSC corps members in Surulere LG, Oko have exposed secondary school students to basic technology knowledge to keep the students up to speed in the modern day reality.

Schools that benefited including ,Zion Group of Schools,Baptist Grammer School,Muslim Comprehensive School,Community High School, Oosu, and Irepodun community high school.

The training offered by the ICT CDS Group covered all the applications that store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit, and receive information electronically in a digital form.

The students were also taken through lessons on Hardwares,Software as regards its uses to Career Prospects.

In separate remarks, Head of the schools were very delighted and expressed their gratitude at the gesture of the youth corps members.

Adedayo Adelowo

News

POP: Gov. Oyetola lauds Corps Members’ Efforts

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Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have been charged to live up to the dream of the founding fathers of the scheme by fostering unity, enhancing national integration and providing socio-economic development across the nation.

This charge was contained in the farewell address delivered by the governor of Osun state, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola at the passing out ceremony of the 2021 Batch A Stream II corps members deployed to Osun state at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Ede.

The Governor who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prince Wole Oyebanji praised the NYSC members for their services to their host communities which he noted had again served as a testimonial to the worthy cause of the scheme.

In his words, “I have no doubt that the NYSC scheme has awakened us to the capabilities of our youths in the onerous task of nation-building. The various contributions of the corps members passing out today would remain monumental to the nation’s greatness.

While appreciating the passed out NYSC members of their immense contributions in the various communities, Oyetola revealed that there was no community in the state where their presence was not felt.

The Osun governor charged the outgone corps members to be employers of labour rather than job seekers.

The governor also urged them use the digital space to their advantage and that of humanity adding that they should be tech-savvy entrepreneurs who is committed to continuous development, learning effective communication and problem-solving.

Meanwhile, the Osun NYSC State Coordinator, Mrs Winifred Shokpeka disclosed that 1,051 males and 1,243 females, making a total of 2294 corps members who had served meritoriously in the state were passing out.

Mrs Shokpeka said 11 absconders and 16 corps members had their services extended for contravening the Bye-laws guiding the one-year mandatory service.

The Osun NYSC State Coordinator charged them to inculcate the tradition of discipline, hard work and self-reliance that they have learnt as there was no shortcut on the road to success.

Adenitan Akinola

News

NYSC DG Tasks Corps Members On COVID 19 Vaccine

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Corp members posted to Oyo state have been told to eschew social vices and abuse of social media.

The DG, National Youth Service Corps, Beefier General Shuaibu Ibrahim gave the warning during the swearing in ceremony of the 2021  Batch C stream two corps members in Iseyin.

Speaking through the Oyo state cordinator, of NYSC, Mrs Grace Ogbuegebe, Brigadier General Ibrahim said, corp members should abide by the rules guiding NYSC camping and avail themselves skill acquisition and entrepreneurial development put in place by the scheme.

Brigadier General Ibrahim added that corp members should get themselves vaccinated from and adhere to covid 19 safety measures.   The 2,330 corps members posted to Oyo state had earlier been administered oath of allegiance by the Chief Judge of Oyo state Justice Munktar Abimbola who was represented by Justice Iyabo Yerinma.

Rotimi Famakin

Crime

Corps Member Mistreatment: Nigerian Army Decries Officer’s Behavior, Promises Disciplinary Actions

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The Nigerian Army, NA, has taken cognizance of a video clip currently making the rounds on the social media, where a female officer was seen dehumanizing a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Calabar, Cross River State.

This act is not only condemnable, but unprofessional and against established precepts of discipline in the NA.

The NA has remained undoubtedly the pride of the nation, a symbol of national unity that has consistently being in the vanguard of respect for the fundamental human rights of the citizenry.

It is against this premise that the NA condemns this unimaginable level of infraction by a personnel in its ranks.

The NA therefore, condemns in strong terms, this act of gross misconduct.

Undoubtedly, the officer’s actions has caused the NA monumental embarrassment and is highly regrettable.

This unfortunate act of indiscipline does not in anyway represent the NA and will not be condoned in its entirety.

For the records, the ugly incident happened in 13 Brigade, Calabar.

The Brigade Commander immediately instituted an investigation and the officer involved has been identified and sanctioned on the interim and would be made to undergo regimental orders (trial) in line with the extant provisions of the Armed Forces Act.

The submission that the Brigade attempted covering up was therefore misleading, as the NA remains a professional force that has zero tolerance for indiscipline amongst its personnel.

The NA wishes to reiterate and assure the general public that such infractions would not be tolerated from its personnel.

The NA also reassures that the rights of the citizenry is sacrosanct and must be respected by all personnel of the NA, as any form of infraction will be severely dealt with.

Therefore, the general public is enjoined to continue to report such infractions, as the Human Rights Desks in all formations of the NA are emplaced to deal decisively with such erring personnel.

The NA further wishes to tender unreserved apology to the victim, her family members, friends, National Youth Service Corps and to Nigerians in general for the unwholesome treatment meted out to the Corps member.

Onyema Nwachukwu

Brigadier General

Director Army Public Relations

23 September 2021

Economy

NSPRI Awards Corps Members 3.5 Million Naira Grant

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The Nigerian Stored Product Research Institute, NSPRI, has awarded two corps members three and a half million naira grants as start-up capital for agribusiness.

The corps members were awarded the grant at the institute’s zonal office, Onireke, Ibadan during a three-day training programme on value addition of agricultural commodities for fifty corps members.

Presenting the grants to the recipients, Executive Director of the Institute, Mrs Patricia Pessu commended the two outstanding corps members for their resilience and innovative proposal on tomato and breadfruit value chain.

Mrs Pessu urged participants at the training to tap into the project to be self-sufficient after the service year.

The executive director noted that upon completion of the participants service year, the training would have equipped them not only in the knowledge of post-harvest handling and value addition to agricultural commodities but also the requisite skills to transport ideas into sustainable agro-businesses.

In a remark, NYSC State Coordinator, Grace Ogbuegebe represented by Mrs Adiza Bello noted that skill and entrepreneurial development cannot be overemphasized in tackling youths’ unemployment.

Zonal Coordinator, NISPRI, Ibadan, Mrs Grace Otitodun maintained that the institute had the technology for post-harvest management of agricultural crops in the country.

Appreciating NISPRI for the grants, the recipients, Anuoluwapo Akinboye, who received the sum of two million grant and Celine Alozu, who received one and half million naira, said the funds would propel them in achieving their goal in life.

Jeffrey Ahonmisi

Education

We will punish any improperly dressed corps member – NYSC Southwest Coordinator

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The National Youth Service Scheme, NYSC, is to sanction any corps member found dressed improperly in accordance with the extant laws.

The Coordinator of the newly created NYSC, Southwest Area office, Mr. Emmanuel Attah gave the information during an interview with Radio Nigeria in the Southwest area office, Osogbo, Osun State.

Mr. Attah explained that the NYSC uniform was a national brand and pride of the scheme, which must be respected by all corps as demonstrated by their proper dressing.

He noted that worried by increased reported cases of improper dressing among corps members, the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Shuaib Ibrahim had directed all the area coordinators in the 6 geopolitical zones to enforce the dress code and sanction anyone that flouts it in accordance with the extant laws.

The Southwest Coordinator also appealed to stakeholders and partners of the scheme, particularly the higher institutions to check the embarrassing trend of mobilising unqualified candidates into the one year compulsory national service programme.

Mr. Attah who noted that the society whom the affected corps members are to serve would be the victims of such fraudulent practice, particularly young ones in primary and secondary schools who they are expected to teach during their service year.

On the need for the establishment of NYSC area offices across the geopolitical zones, Mr. Attah explained that such was to effectively decentranlise its operations with a view to bringing service closer to the people as the number of qualified participants for the programme increased by the day.

Adenitan Akinola