Be serious with your service, Gov Bala urges Corps members

Bauchi Governor, Sen Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has urged Corps members deployed to the State for the service year to take the noble call with utmost seriousness and commit themselves to achieving the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme’s objective of national unity and development.

Bala Mohammed made the call on Friday, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2025 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members, held at the renovated Permanent Orientation Camp in Wailo, Ganjuwa LGA.

The Governor, who was represented by the Head of the Civil Service, Barr Mohammed Umar, assured the Corps members that the people of the State are appreciative and supportive of the goals and objectives of the NYSC scheme.

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He called on all the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to always advocate for national development and transformation in the country.

He stated that, “Therefore, we have decided to collaborate with you in every possible way to ensure the success of the Scheme in the State.”

The Governor added that, “To this end, we have completed the renovation of corps members’ hostels and built a brand new Multipurpose Hall in the camp.”

According to him, “This is the first phase of the project and the second phase, which I assure would start very soon shall include, construction of staff accommodation, a clinic and other necessary facilities.”

“I can assure you that my government would continue to do anything within the limit of our resources to make the corps members and staff comfortable during orientation exercises in the camp,” he said.

Speaking earlier, NYSC State Coordinator, Umoren Kufre, reminded the Corps members that life in camp is highly regimented, adding that participants were expected to adhere to the orientation course timetable, NYSC Bye-laws, extant rules, and other relevant policies.

According to him, 1,107 Corps members comprising 608 males and 499 females have been successfully registered before the commencement of the swearing-in ceremony out of the 1,700 Corps members deployed to the state.

He commended the State Governor for his unwavering commitment to the realisation of the NYSC objectives in the state.

The State Coordinator stressed that, “I am indeed happy for the complete renovation of corps members’ hostels at the NYSC permanent orientation camp and the construction of a brand new Multi-purpose Hall.”

According to him, “There can be no better demonstration of commitment, love and fatherly care than what we are seeing in the camp now.”

“It is now clear for all to see that His Excellency is a great lover of the youths and particularly the corps members,” he concluded.

Some of the Corps members who spoke to Journalists expressed their happiness with what they met on the ground at the Camp, saying that it was completely different from the pictures they had seen before coming.

They commended all the Camp officials for the way they received them and treated them since arriving at the Camp for the exercise.