The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig-Gen Ibrahim Shuaibu has urge newly deployed corps members in Sokoto State to promote peace and foster unity among citizens of the country.
The Director-General who was represented by the state coordinator, Alhaji Muhammad Nakamura Shuaibu made this known at the Wamakko permanent orientation camp, Sokoto, on Tuesday, during the swearing-in of Batch B stream 2 corps members posted to the state.
He said the main aim of the scheme is to foster unity and national integration.
Shuaibu further stated that the youth corps members should serve as role models to other Nigerians and should shun ethno_ religious differences and embrace one another during after their service year.
On the issue of security, the DG assured that NYSC was collaborating with all security agencies in the state to ensure that they are well protected throughout their service year host communities.
He enjoined them to fully participate in all the four cardinal activities of the scheme advising them to pay special attention to skill acquisition training taking place in the camp in order to be self-reliant after the service.
“As you are already aware, the rate of graduate unemployment is of great concern to us as a nation,” he said.
He explained that as a scheme that is responsive to prevailing national needs, the NYSC is also assiduous in the implementation of its skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development ( SAED) program.
He commended the state coordinators and other course officials for the smooth conduct of the camp activities so far urging them to sustain the tempo.
He implored the corps members to adhere strictly to COVID-19 protocols put in place by the presidential steering committee on COVID-19 in the camp.
The Chief Judge of the state, Justice Muhammad Sa’aidu Sifawa, represented by the chief magistrate Fatima Hassan administered an oath of allegiance on the 856 corps members comprised of 548 males and 308 females.
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