NYSC DG Warns Against Attack on Corps Members:The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bamidele Olawunmi, has warned politicians against attacking corps members participating in the conduct of elections in the country.The DG gave this warning while speaking with journalists at the NYSC permanent orientation camp in Ede, …
Mr Kamil Akinlabi, the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Youths Development, says the Federal Government allocates over N74 billion to the National Youths Service Corps ( NYSC) scheme annually.He made the disclosure on Friday when he led members of the committee on oversight visit to the NYSC Permanent Orientation …
FG to Deploy Mobile Cash Machines in Orientation Camps – NYSC:Chairman of the National Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps, Chief Gordon Bozimo, has said the Federal Government will deploy mobile cash machines in orientation camps nationwide.Delivering a speech at the Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course, which opened on …
2 Million Nigerian Graduates Passed Through NYSC Since 1973:No fewer than two million Nigerian graduates have passed through the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) since its inception in 1973, an Assistant Director, Malam Muhammad Momoh, has said.Momoh made this known when participants from Zimbabwe National Defence College visited the NYSC …
NYSC Offers Ex-Member N100,000 for Loss of Limb During Service Year:A former corps member, Emmanuel Unogu, has been offered N100,000 by the National Youth Service Corps for the loss of his right leg during the service year.Unogu, who served with the Urueffong/Oruka Local Government, Akwa Ibom State in 2008, was …
Yobe Assures Corps Members Adequate Securities, Logistics:Yobe State Government on Thursday promised corps members posted to the state adequate security and logistics to enable them to carry out their primary assignments.The State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Alhaji Tijjani Zakari, gave the assurance at Kangere in Bauchi State during the …
Jonathan Assures Corps Members Adequate Security:President Goodluck Jonathan has assured members of the National Youth Service Corps of adequate security whenever they are posted for the one-year mandatory service.The President said this on Thursday at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Ede, in his address at the swearing in of …
NYSC Assures Parents, Corps Members of Security in Kebbi:NYSC Coordinator in Kebbi, Mr Tom Unuigboje, on Friday, assured parents and corps members posted to the state of adequate security during the service year.Unuigboje gave the assurance in an interview in Birnin Kebbi.He said that the NYSC directorate and security agencies, …
NYSC Depolys 1,910 Batch ‘A’ Corps Members to Gombe, Borno:The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed 1,910 corps members to Gombe and Borno States for the 2014 batch ‘A’ Orientation Course to be hosted in Gombe state.This is contained in a press statement signed by Miss Margaret Dakama, Head, …
For the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), 2013 could best be described as a redemptive year from the battered image sustained from the previous year (2012).2013 kicked off on a turbulent note as antagonists of the scheme, in conjunction with some victims and relatives of the 2011 post-election violence in …