Promote national integration, be security conscious, NYSC DG urges corps members

Director- General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.- Gen. Ibrahim Shuaibu, has urged corps members to be security conscious and always promote national integration.

Shuaibu made the call on Tuesday during the swearing-in of 2021 Batch C, Stream I corps members at Wamakko permanent orientation camp in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The director-general, who was represented by the NYSC State Coordinator, Alhaji Muhammad Nakamba, enjoined the corps members to be patient and receptive to all instructions enshrined in the orientation exercise.

He urged them to be patriotic in the service to the nation and always shun any act that might jeopardise the peace and stability of the country.

While assuring them that their security was guaranteed throughout their service period in the state, Shuaibu stressed that despite the security challenge all over the country, Sokoto still remained a peaceful state.

Shuaibu advised them to take the skills acquisition programme during the orientation course seriously in order to be well-equipped for self employment after service.

“It is no longer news that white collar jobs are hard to get. For this reason, the empowerment of corps members for self-employment and wealth creation has been the major area of focus for the scheme since 2012.

“I’m happy to inform you that many of your colleagues, who embraced vocational and entrepreneurial training on the SAED platform, are now successful business owners,” he added.

The director-general reminded the corps members of the need to continue to comply with COVID19 prevention protocols throughout the orientation course.

He added that civil servants had also been mandated to be vaccinated as prerequisite for gaining entry into public offices from Dec. 1, adding that the rule could apply to corps members.

Shuaibu commended the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID19, NCDC, National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA), state and local governments, security agencies, traditional rulers, corps members’ employers and other stakeholders for the security and general welfare of corps members.

Speaking earlier, the Camp Director, Hajia Rakiya Iliya, implored the corps members to fully participate in all the camp activities.

According to her, the camp activities are made regimented in order to inculcate discipline in the corps members, stressing that NYSC would not tolerate any misconduct and indiscipline on the part of any of them.

It was reported that the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Sa’adu Sifawa, represented by Chief Magistrate Shuaibu Ahmad, administered the oath of allegiance on 1,194 corps members, comprising 581 males and 613 females.