Scheme claims
mobilisation of over 300,000 corps members annually
Scheme claims mobilisation of over 300,000 corps members annually
Scheme claims mobilisation of over 300,000 corps members annually
The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General
Sulaiman Kazaure, has praised the Governors of Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and
Zamfara states for providing additional camps for the hosting of 2016 Batch ‘B’
Orientation camp, for corps members deployed to states with security
challenges.
He made the commendation at the opening of the
2016 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Orientation workshop in Calabar, Cross River State.Kazaure
said the gesture will allow Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba states to hosts two camps
simultaneously – one for corps members deployed to them, and the other for
Corps members deployed to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states respectively.
In the case of Zamfara State, both the permanent
orientation camp and the additional camp will host corps members deployed to
the state because the number of corps members is above the capacity of the
permanent one.
In a statement yesterday, Kazaure stressed the need for the
three tiers of governments to live up to their statutory roles in the
operations of the scheme, as a panacea for addressing the challenges of
obsolete, dilapidated and inadequate state of facilities in most orientation
camps.
“We are encouraged, however, by the efforts of the Federal
Government at providing funds in spite of obvious financial constraints. In
particular, I wish to thank Mr. President for making it possible for all
graduates to be mobilised for service in 2016,” he said.
The DG said the current management of the scheme was
encouraging public-private partnership to complement the efforts of federal and
state governments, towards enhancing all aspects of its operations.
He said the choice of the theme of the workshop:
“Strengthening the Orientation Programme for Effective Service Delivery,” was
informed by the management’s resolve to reposition the scheme to respond
adequately to th demands of the times.
He added that the orientation course content was being
restructured to align with the current needs of the youths.The DG used the
occasion to express gratitude to the Cross River State government for its
support during orientation courses, winding-up, and passing-out exercises, as
well as, the provision of drugs for the scheme’s Health initiative.
Governor of the state, Senator Ben Ayade, while declaring
the workshop open, commended the scheme for organising the workshop, while he
called on corps members to take opportunity the of their national duties to
collaborate with the organisation in nation building, through various work
experiences.
Ayade who was represented by his deputy, Professor Ivarsa
Esu, called on private and public organisations to utilise the services of
youth corps members by engaging them adequately into their establishment.
He said, “Permit me through this forum to call on all
corporate and private organisations utilising the services of corps members to
ensure that they get all corps members deployed to their establishment to
ensure that they receive proper work experience.”
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