Bauchi government to give business loans to corps members

Interested Corps members posted to Bauchi State for the mandatory one year National Youth service have been assured of soft loans to set up small scale business at the end of their service year.

The assurance was given by the State government which promised to provide the soft loans without interest as soon as the Corps members indicated interest for such in its efforts to make them self employed and employers of labour at the end of their service years.

The State Governor, Bala Mohammed made the pledge on Monday during the closing ceremony of the 2019 Batch B, Stream One Corps members’ orientation exercise held at the NYSC Permanent Camp, Wailo, in Ganjuwa local government area of the state.

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The Governor who was represented by the Head of Civil Service, Umar Gokaru,  noted that the idea behind the different skills acquisition programs introduced by the NYSC was deliberately designed to make Corps members job creators other than job seekers after the service year.

” I, therefore, charge you to further build on these skills by continuing with the post-camp component of the programme. Government is committed to encouraging the youths to venture into self-reliant ventures as it has set aside funds for your empowerment.” He said

The Governor also said that all the Corps members need to do to access the soft loans is to come up with good business proposals at the end of their service period.

He added that the state government in tandem with its policy on youth development has put in place solid welfare package for their security and general well being urging them to settle down, integrate and contribute to the enhancement of the state.

Also speaking, the State NYSC Coordinator, Bashir Shehu expressed appreciation to the Governor for his support to the scheme acknowledging that he donated three cows to the Corps members during the opening ceremony of the three weeks orientation course.

He, however, appealed to the government to complete the ongoing projects in the Camp and the repair of the vandalized electric cables stretching 40 kilometres supplying electricity to the Camp which have now disconnected the place from the national grid.