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  • NYSC warns corps members against abuse of social media, indecent dressing

    The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has warned corps members against abuse of social media and indecent dressing.

    Ibrahim reminded the corps members in a statement on Thursday in Abuja that they should maintain their position as role models for the younger generations in the society.

    The statement signed by Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, enjoined the corps members to always adhere strictly to the approved dress code for all events.

    It said Ibrahim made the remarks while addressing corps members at the NYSC orientation camp, Ashaya near Kabba, in Kogi.

    He said that the NYSC scheme would not condone improper dressing and mis-use of its uniforms, warning that strict disciplinary measures would be taken against any erring corps member.

    “The director-general also appealed to the corps members to use the social media for the promotion of national unity and refrain from spreading unverified information and hate speeches.

    “He urged them to be patriotic and contribute their quota to the corporate existence of the country,’’ the statement added.

    It also quoted the director-general as tasking corps members on the need for them to maximise opportunities of the service year to cultivate team spirit, integration and unity of purpose.

    “‘NYSC has a lot of potentials and opportunities, take advantage of the orientation exercise and promote love and unity, though, in tongue we differ but in brotherhood we are the same.

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    ‘Wherever you are, keep your records clean and don’t let your actions of today affect you in future,” Ibrahim emphasised.

    He admonished them to integrate themselves into their host communities and embark on projects that would affect their lives positively.

    “You must be security conscious wherever you are because your lives are precious to us and we don’t want you to go back to your parents incapacitated.

    “Be agents of positive change, shun every form of criminality, cyber crimes, drug peddling, cultism and others,” Ibrahim urged.

    Besides, he advised them to accept their posting in good faith, and warned against lobbying for posting and induced rejection, saying that there is purpose for everything in life.

    Ibrahim further charged corps members that would be participating as ad-hoc electoral personnel in the forthcoming governorship election in the state to abide by the electoral laws.

    NAN

  • Bring joy to your parents, NYSC DG tells corps members

    THE Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has advised corps members to imbibe characters that will bring joy rather than hypertension to their parents.

    The NYSC chief gave the advice while addressing the 2019 Batch ‘B’ Stream II corps members during an inspection visit at the Anambra State temporary orientation camp at Umunyain Oyi Local Government Area.

    He stressed the need for good conduct among corps members to project positive images of their families and the nation.

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    Ibrahim urged them to shun actions that could haunt them in future.

    He said: “Be morally upright. Display characters worthy of emulation and shun those that can debase your integrity.

    “Don’t let actions of today haunt you tomorrow. Maintain good conduct to avoid attracting adverse reports into your files.”

  • ‘325 Corpers benefit from BoI’s N540m loan’

    THE Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Friday said the Bank of Industry (BoI) has given loan of N540 million to 325 corps members who are entrepreneurs under the scheme’s Graduate Empowerment Fund.

    He also said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in partnership with Heritage Bank has disbursed another N15million to seven corps members under the NYSC/ CBN Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme (YEDP).

    The DG said 1,132,409 corps members have so far been equipped with Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) package of the scheme.

    He spoke at a media parley with editors and reporters in Abuja.

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    He said: “The SAED was established in 2012 with the mandate to drive the scheme’s collaboration with various stakeholders toward addressing the problem of graduate youth unemployment.

    “The scheme is collaborating with national and international organisations toward providing material, technical and financial support for the programme.

    “So far, 1,132,409 corps members have been sensitised and over 70,000 have undergone various forms of skills training.

    “The BoI-NYSC Graduate Empowerment Fund, which is a product of our partnership with the Bank of Industry, is yielding encouraging results with the sum of over N540 million so far disbursed as loans to 325 corps entrepreneurs.

     

     

  • Nigerians pay N500,000 to buy fake degrees, others, says NYSC

    The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said beginning from this year’s “Batch C”, only academic certificates and transcripts of foreign students authenticated by Nigerian consulates in foreign countries of study will be accepted for national service.

    The NYSC chief alleged that some African institutions sell degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates and transcripts to some Nigerian students for between N300,000 to N500,000.

    Ibrahim stated this on Thursday at a meeting with representatives of 159 African institutions presenting corps members to Nigeria in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

    The theme of the event was: Strategies for a Successful Mobilisation of Nigerian Foreign Graduates: The Role of Stakeholders.

    The NYSC chief threatened to blacklist institutions found culpable in the sale of degrees and HND certificates to Nigerians.

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    He said: “In recent times, there has been an upsurge in the number of graduates who cannot defend their degree certificates. Some tertiary institutions simply sell their degrees/Higher National Diploma certificates to persons who never passed through academic rigour. We have evidences of persons who possess originals of such certificates and transcripts from some universities that are represented here.

    “To check this ugly trend of certificate racketeering, we strongly recommend that the Federal Ministry of Education liaise with the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure that all degrees and HND certificates obtained outside the shores of Nigeria are authenticated at the Nigerian consulate in the country of study.”

  • NYSC seeks EFCC’s help to check fraudulent corps members’ mobilisation

    THE National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to support the scheme to combat fraudulent mobilisation of unqualified graduates for national service.

    The organization said it needs the support of the anti-graft agency to closely monitor the activities of unscrupulous higher institutions that present unqualified graduates for mobilisation for service.

    NYSC’s Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, raised the concern during a visit to the Acting EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.

    In a statement by the NYSC’s Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, the NYSC chief decried the increasing rate of corruption in all spheres of life in the country.

    Ibrahim noted that under his watch, workers and corps members would pursue the fight to get rid of the monster with greater zeal.

    The NYSC chief explained that the war against corruption required the support of all and sundry by joining forces with all agencies of government to eradicate the deadly menace.

    “Mr. Chairman, it is very unfortunate that some institutions of higher learning, particularly in Cotonou, Benin Republic, present to us people who didn’t go to the four walls of the university as graduates for mobilisation.

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    “Currently, we are investigating some of such so-called graduates, many of whom cannot write or spell any word in English,” Ibrahim said.

    Magu pledged to assist the agency to checkmate the activities of unpatriotic persons who bring shame to the nation by their insatiable desire to make money at all cost, including the sale of academic qualifications to unqualified graduates.

    He hailed corps members for educating Nigerians on the dangers of corruption through the anti-corruption Community Development Service groups of the scheme.

     

  • NYSC to corps members: don’t present fake papers

    THE Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has warned corps members against presenting fake documents during registration in camps.

    He said corps members caught presenting fake documents would be handed over to law enforcement agents for prosecution.

    Ibrahim gave the warning while monitoring the registration of prospective corps members deployed to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Nasarawa State for this year’s Batch “B” Stream I service year.

    A statement by NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, said the DG warned that the management of the scheme had measures in place to clamp down on perpetrators and prosecute them.

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    Ibrahim advised corps members to be security conscious and embrace the skills acquisition programme of the scheme to become self-empowered and wealth creators.

    The NYSC chief admonished them to obey the scheme’s bye-laws and be of good conduct during and after their orientation course.

    He enjoined them to be patriotic to the ideals of NYSC scheme.

    “The DG, during the visits, monitored the distribution of kits to corps members and inspected corps members’ hostels, camp clinics, kitchen, sporting facilities, among others,” the statement said.

     

  • NYSC to communicate payment of new N30,000 allowance to corps members

    The Director General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said the scheme will communicate to corps members when the payment of N30,000 new allowance takes off.

    Ibrahim spoke in Abuja, the nation’s capital, at a workshop/training on Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for desk officers of the NYSC.

    When asked when the payment of N30,000 allowance for corps members would take off, he said: “They will be communicated accordingly, please.”

    The DG said the workshop was aimed at consolidating on the successes recorded by the scheme on the use of the FOIA.

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    Ibrahim said the scheme had grappled with challenges, which were occasioned by “apparent lack of knowledge of our policies and operations by a section of the public”.

    The DG urged Nigerians to familiarise themselves with the NYSC Act to enable them understand better the operations of the scheme and its role.

    He said: “Since the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act in 2011, the NYSC has been in the forefront of ensuring total compliance with the provisions of the Act.”

    The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, noted that the scheme had FOI community development service groups for corps members to assist in sensitising the public on the FOI Act.