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  • NYSC honours doctors who saved corps member

    For going beyond the call of duty, the Lagos State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has honoured two doctors deployed to serve in the Batch C Stream II which completed its orientation programme on Wednesday.

    In his speech at the closing ceremony held at the Iyana Ipaja camp, the Lagos State NYSC Coordinator Prince Mohammed Momoh told how Dr Onyedikachi Anya and Dr Olawale Ogedengbe volunteer to accompany a corps member who had a crisis to the hospital and ended up saving his life when his heart stopped in transit.

    “I want to specially commend the two corps medical doctors, Dr Anya Onyedikachi and Dr Ogedengbe Olawale, whose selfless and timely intervention saved the life of their fellow corps member who was being rushed to the hospital in our ambulance.  They voluntarily took up this assignment despite the fact that they were not on duty at the time of the incidence,” he said.

    On the trip to the Orile Agege General Hospital, Momoh said the patient had a seizure and his heart stopped.  He was resuscitated by Anya and Ogedengbe.

    The duo got letters of commendation and cash gifts, and Momoh also said they could win state/national awards at the end of their service year if they meet other conditions.

    Some other camp officials and corps members who distinguished themselves during the orientation programme were also recognised. They included: Zaccheus Olubiyi (best NYSC Camp official); Camp Commandant, Major G.E John (best non-NYSC camp official); Prisca Ekenomo (outstanding camp official); Mrs Olayinka Ogunfuwa (best platoon inspector); and Odunaiya Adeola, an officer attached to the National Civil Defence Corps.

    Corps member Adesegun Adebayo Adeosun, was recognised for his active participation in camp activities, especially being instrumental in getting some celebrities to visit the corps members in camp.

    As they continued to their places of primary assignment, Momoh warned the corps members against making unauthorised trips, especially during the yuletide.

    He said failure to keep to the rules would attract sanctions.

    In his speech, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Dr Yusuf Jimoh, advised the corps members to take skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development (SAED) training of the NYSC seriously so they could attract grants to start businesses.

    “Here in Lagos State, we have a standing tradition of empowering corps members who have performed exceptionally in the course of the  SAED training with loans and grants from the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund which was primarily established to empower youths to start up their businesses,” he said.

  • 98% Corps members ready for election duty, says NYSC boss

    Lagos State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Prince Mohammed Momoh, said corps members were enthusiastic to participate in election duty.

    In an interview at the swearing-in of Batch ‘C’ Stream 2 Corps members on Monday at the Iyana Ipaja camp, Momoh said up to 98 per cent of serving corps members want to work as ad-hoc staff for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during next year’s general elections.

    He said: “From the response we are getting so far, over 98 per cent of the corps members are ready to be part of the general elections.  And INEC is also playing its role.  They have assured us of security of the corps members. We are also members of the election security committee.  We have been attending meetings with the commissioner of police and have been assured of security.”

    Momoh added that the corps members were already being trained for the elections.

    “They have started training the corps members on the use of card readers and the election process to ensure that by the time the election itself begins, they will be masters of the processes and procedures,” he said.

    He also said the security and welfare of the corps members was top priority for the NYSC.

    He said: “We are working with the commissioner of police in Lagos State and he has been very helpful in ensuring that corps members are secured in Lagos State. And you will agree with me that someone security is first and foremost his responsibility so we are also sensitising the corps members and giving them tips on personal security “.

    While in camp for the three-week orientation course, Momoh urged the corps members to be active participants in camp activities.

    “The orientation course is designed to adequately prepare you for the challenges of the national service, your roles and expectations in this national task,” he said.

    In his speech, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who was represented by the Commissioner of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Oluseye Oladejo, praised Momoh and his management team for synergising effectively with the administration to ensure that corps members deployed to Lagos State always had a worthwhile experience during their service year.

    He also said the programme presents the corps members the unique opportunity of meeting and appreciating people from another part of Nigeria, adding that they would get the opportunity of accessing mentorship and entrepreneurship skills development designed to equip them for life during and after the NYSC Service Year.

  • 98% Corps members ready for election duty, says NYSC boss

    • Assures them of security

    Lagos State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Prince Mohammed Momoh, said corps members were enthusiastic to participate in election duty.

    In an interview at the swearing-in of Batch ‘C’ Stream 2 Corps members on Monday at the Iyana Ipaja camp, Momoh said up to 98 per cent of serving corps members want to work as ad-hoc staff for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during next year’s general elections.

    He said: “From the response we are getting so far, over 98 per cent of the corps members are ready to be part of the general elections.  And INEC is also playing its role.  They have assured us of security of the corps members.  We are also members of the election security committee.  We have been attending meetings with the commissioner of police and have been assured of security.”

    Momoh added that the corps members were already being trained for the elections.

    “They have started training the corps members on the use of card readers and the election process to ensure that by the time the election itself begins, they will be masters of the processes and procedures,” he said.

    He also said the security and welfare of the corps members was top priority for the NYSC.

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    He said: “We are working with the commissioner of police in Lagos state and he has been very helpful in ensuring that corps members are secured in Lagos State. And you will agree with me that someone security is first and foremost his responsibility so we are also sensitising the corps members and giving them tips on personal security “.

    While in camp for the three-week orientation course, Momoh urged the corps members to be active participants in camp activities.

    “The orientation course is designed to adequately prepare you for the challenges of the national service, your roles and expectations in this national task,” he said.

    In his speech, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who was represented by the Commissioner of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Relations, Mr Oluseye Oladejo praised Momoh and his management team for synergising effectively with the administration to ensure that corps members deployed to Lagos State always had a worthwhile experience during their service year.

    He also said the programme presents the corps members the unique opportunity of meeting and appreciating people from another part of Nigeria, adding that they would get the opportunity of accessing mentorship and entrepreneurship skills development designed to equip them for life during and after the NYSC Service Year.

  • Disclose health status, NYSC DG urges corps members

    The Director General, National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ), Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure, has urged corps members to disclose their health status so they could be well taken care of.

    He spoke while responding to questions at the closing of the orientation course for 2018 Batch A corps members at the NYSC Iyana Ipaja camp, Lagos Wednesday.

    Kazaure assured the corps members that disclosure of any health challenge would not lead to their expulsion from camp.

    “When you disclose your health status; when you are sick, it is not that you will be expelled from camp but for you to be moved closer to your doctors.  Please help us appeal to corps members to always disclose their health status,” he said.

    Responding to questions on quality of food served corps members on camp, the DG praised state coordinators for making the most of the N650 daily allowance they are given to feed each corps member.

    “I think the state coordinators are trying.  How much are they paid? As at last year, it was N500 per day but now they have increased it to N650 per day – maybe divided into N200, N200 and N250 per meal.  What kind of food will you cook with N200? I think the state coordinators have been trying,” he said.

    In his speech, the Lagos State NYSC Coordinator, Prince Mohammed Momoh, praised the corsp members for their discipline while in camp.

    He however appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to expedite action on the construction of a new camp on the land he allocated to the NYSC in Agbowa, Ikorodu, saying the Iyana Ipaja camp was too congested for the 2,794 corps members it hosted.

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    “We are indeed very grateful for the allocation of land at Agbowa for the construction of a befitting orientation camp and it is our fervent hope that the construction of the camp be urgently looked into as the present facility is grossly inadequate considering the number of corps members deployed to the Centre of Excellence,” he said.

    Attesting to the inadequacy of the camp, Jennifer Obi, who won the most outstanding corps member award, said the overcrowding of the camp was one of the few issues she had during the three-week programme.

    “I enjoyed the camp.  It gave me an opportunity to learn a lot about things outside the classroom.  The camp officials were like our parents.  We were able to network, tap into our talents.  But the feeding wasn’t too good; the stew was watery.  Also the accommodation was not good.  We were 32 in a room and ventilation was an issue,” the graduate of Geography from the Obafemi Awolowo University said.

    In his speech, Governor Ambode, who was represented by the Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Oluseye Oladejo, urged employers of labour to accept corps members posted to their organisations.