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  • Proffer solutions to your host community’s needs—NYSC DG

    Brig. Gen. Sule Kazaure, Director-General, National Youths Service Corps ( NYSC ) has called on Corps members in the country to identify the peculiar needs of their host communities and proffer solutions to them.

    Kazaure made the call when he visited 2018 Batch B Stream Two Corps members deployed to Anambra and Enugu states at the Umunya Temporary Orientation Camp, Oyi Council Area of Anambra on Saturday.

    He also tasked them to be active participants in the various programmes of the scheme designed to make them economically self-reliant and solution providers.

    The director-general further urged them to be safety conscious and respect the way of life of the people they were posted to work with.

    “Be patriotic during your service year and make sure you participate actively in the four cardinal programmes of the scheme.

    “Use the national service period to train yourselves for job generation and contribute to national economy; identify the needs of your communities and provide solutions to them.

    “Respect the culture of your host community, avoid lone movement, distant journeys, dress responsibly and like graduates,” he said.

    Kazaure thanked Anambra government for donating a new administrative block for the scheme in the state.

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    In his remark, Mr Kehinde Aremu, Coordinator of NYSC in Anambra, said there were 2,059 accredited Corps members comprising 1,293 for Anambra and 766 deployed to Enugu
    in the camp.

    Aremu said the corps members had integrated so closely within the short period that it was difficult to identify those destined for Enugu from those staying behind in the state.

    “We have so integrated them that we find it hard to remember that they are not all deploys to Anambra.

    “We know there will be tears of joy on the day of posting because of the relationship that has been built here,

    “I am proud to report to you that we have no problem teaching and orientating them,” he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that reports that Kazaure inspected the camp clinic, toilets, kitchen and hostels and commended the quality of maintenance of the facilities during the visit.

  • Oyo State urges employers to support corps members

    Oyo State Government on Wednesday urged employers of the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ) members to support and accommodate the corps members to enable them to perform their responsibilities effectively.

    The state’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Abayomi Oke, made the call at the 2018 NYSC Corps Employers Workshop in Ibadan.

    The workshop has “Tackling Emerging Challenges in Youth Corps Administration through Greater NYSC/Stakeholders’ Participation” as its theme.

    According to Oke, the NYSC programme cannot be complete without employers’ role in preparing members for the future.

    He said “Oyo State has more corps members this year because the state government always provide secure environment for members.

    “We need the support of employers in the private sector to absorb more of corps members and provide them with accommodation because more of them are coming in the next batch.”

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    The commissioner also urged employers not to reject corps members without genuine reasons and enjoined them to always give them equal opportunities.

    The NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure, advised corps employers, especially government establishments to provide welfare packages for corps members.

    Kazaure, who was represented by a Deputy Director at the NYSC Headquarters, Mr Philips Enaberue, said the scheme recorded great successes through online registration and clearance of members to stem unwholesome practices.

    The Oyo State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Ifeoma Anidobi, said the state had been accorded the hosting right for 2018 batch A Pre-Orientation Workshop.

    She added that the workshop, which would hold in April, would draw participants from all states of the federation.

    Anidobi noted some administrative challenges of the scheme as insecurity, incessant rejection, truancy, absenteeism and the lack of welfare.

    NAN

  • NYSC to corps members: Shun acts inimical to culture of host communities

    NYSC to corps members: Shun acts inimical to culture of host communities

    Brig. Gen. Sule Kazaure, Director-General, National Youths Service Corps ( NYSC ) has advised corps members serving in Edo to shun acts inimical to the culture of their host communities.

    Kazaure gave the advice on Monday in Okada, near Benin when he paid on the spot assessment and inspection visit to corps members at the orientation camp.

    Represented by Mr Abiodun Leke, Director, Audit Unit, NYSC, Abuja, Kasaure, said that the culture of the people represents the guiding principle of their well being.

    He said one of the reasons the Federal Government established the scheme was for corps members from different ethnic backgrounds to integrate and learn the cultures of various tribes in the country.

    According to him, the deployment of corps members from different states of origin to other states is to achieve the objective.

    Kazaure urged the NYSC members to become change agents that their host communities would look up to.

    The director-general also advised them to take advantage of the skills acquisition programmes being provided by management of the scheme to acquire additional skills for them to become self reliant in future.

    Kazaure, who gave the assurance that he would make his visit to the state regular, implored the corps members to maintain good standards of the scheme and be its good ambassadors.

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    The NYSC boss further advised them to avoid travelling for the pleasure of it or indiscriminate journey but contribute to the development of their host communities and the society in general.

    Earlier, the State Coordinator of the scheme, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, said that 2,250 corps members had been registered and fully kitted at the end of the close of the camp.

    He disclosed that since the commencement of the orientation, the corps members had been very disciplined and dutiful.

    Abdullahi, who said that the management of the camp had made brought in some innovations aimed at improving facilities at the camp, assured corps members of their welfare.

    The representative of the Director-General later inspected facilities at the camp, including the kitchen, clinic, and hostels.

    NAN

  • Oyo NYSC plans training on corps monitoring

    Oyo NYSC plans training on corps monitoring

    The NYSC in Oyo State says it has concluded arrangements to hold a training workshop on corps monitoring for zonal and local government inspectors of the scheme in the South-West Zone.

    Mr. Simeon Bankole, the NYSC Public Relations Officer in the state, made this known in a statement on Monday in Ibadan.

    He said that the training was to reposition the scheme for optimal performance.

    Bankole said the initiative with the theme; “Enshrining Transparency in Corps Monitoring and Participation in Community Development Services Using ICT” was also aimed at enhancing corps inspection and monitoring.

    He added that the training would enable field officers in the state to deploy Information and Communication Technology with a view to achieving error-free attendance and clearance system.

    Bankole urged stakeholders to ensure they attended the training, saying the occasion would be chaired by the NYSC Director General, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure.