NYSC Turns 50 As DG Insists On National Unity, Development

 


NYSC DG, Brigadier General YD Ahmed addressing some Corps members


Nigeria’s foremost compulsory national duty call, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), turned 50 years after its creation in 1973.

 

The Corps was established soon after the country’s civil war by the military federal government to foster national unity, tolerance, understanding, and peaceful coexistence.


Its creation was also to heal the wound created by the civil war which lasted approximately three years.

 

The Director General of the Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed while addressing members at the NYSC Cross River State Orientation Camp in Obubra and at Ebonyi State Orientation Camp in Afikpo, advised participants to make use of the opportunities of the service year to contribute to the unity and socio-economic development of Nigeria.

 

He commended the previous batches of Corps Members since 1973 till date, for their selfless services through the improvement of education, health, agriculture, rural development, awareness creation on government policies, and other critical sectors of the economy.

 

Ahmed who gave this commendation on Saturday in a statement signed by Eddy Megwa,  Director, Press, and Public Relations urged the Corps Members to emulate their predecessors and also write their names in the annals of history as good ambassadors of the Scheme.

 

He advised them to embrace the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development program of the NYSC, which was prepared to make them self-independent and employers of labour.

 

"Be obedient to all the constituted authorities, have a free mind, and be hardworking, the sky will be your limit.

 

Wherever you are posted to, try and respect the culture and tradition of your host communities and also be of good conduct within and outside the Orientation Camp", he said.

 

Speaking further, the Director General warned the Corps Members against improper dressing in the NYSC uniform, adding that anyone caught would be sanctioned.

 

The NYSC Cross River State Coordinator, Andrew Zemoh informed the Director General that a total of 1,696 Corps Members comprising 851 Males and 845 Females were registered in camp.

 

Similarly, the Ebonyi State Coordinator, Mercy Bamai disclosed that all the registered 1,353 Corps Members comprising 696 Males and 657 Females have adjusted to camp life

 


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