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Olabode Adaramola
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Niger State has sworn-in 1,243 Batch ‘B’ stream II 2019 corps members in Niger state.
The NYSC Coordinator in the State, Mrs. Funmilayo Ajayi Niger, said that a total of 1,243 corps members have been registered for the orientation course.
She said that 464 of the corps members were females while 777 others, were males.
Ajayi said that the corps members have so far exhibited exemplary behavior and adapted to the regimented orientation course designed to stimulate their minds.
She urged the corps members to pay attention to the skills acquisition programmes, adding that the programmes were designed to impact knowledge and encourage them to be self-sufficient.
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State in his remarks at the occasion advised the corps members to demonstrate a high sense of responsibility and pay attention to the entrepreneurship programmes to become conversant with the skills.
“Be serious in learning these skills because there is no automatic job waiting for you after your service year,” he said.
Bello, who was represented by Alhaji Shuaibu Adamu, Acting Head of Service, said that government was committed to upgrading facilities in the camp to make corps members comfortable.
He assured corps members to go about their lawful activities without fear, saying that adequate security measures had been put in place for their safety..
“I want to assure you that you can sleep with your eyes closed as our security agencies have been up doing and 24 hours alert, therefore you are save in our state”, he remarks .
Also, the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Ahmed Matane, who doubkes as the Chairman, NYSC Board in the State, charged the corps members to engaged themselves in acts that would promote unity and bring about economy growth and improve rural lives.
