The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim says assessment for the conferment of the President’s Honours Award to deserving corp members starts from Orientation Camp
He made this known while addressing the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps Members deployed to Nasarawa State at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp on Wednesday.
According to him, they must excel in all the four cardinal programmes of the NYSC before they can qualify for consideration for the award.
The Director-General further revealed that 110 ex-Corps Members that were honoured during the last edition are now gainfully employed by the Federal Government.
“Any Corps Member that changes his posting or redeploys from his initial State of deployment to another is automatically disqualified from consideration for the award,” adding that a potential awardee must have also won the State Honours Award.
He urged the Corps Members to study their host communities and initiate laudable projects that would improve their living standard.
General Ibrahim who met the Corps Members while undergoing Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development training advised them to utilise the opportunity provided by the Scheme to become job creators.
He said NYSC Management introduced skill acquisition to encourage vocational training among Corps Members in order to make them self-employed, wealth creators and reduce the rate of unemployment among graduate youths in the country.
The NYSC Chief Executive added that the Scheme has been advocating the establishment of NYSC Trust Fund which would make funds available to Corps Members as they pass out from service.
“Jobs are not readily available but many ex-Corps Members that took Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme seriously are now self-employed and wealth creators, contributing to the country’s GDP.
“We have our stakeholders like the Central Bank Nigeria, Bank of Industry, Access Bank, Unity Bank, Leventis Foundation, among others that have been assisting Corps Members with support capital.
“Drive your vision with passion, don’t cut corners, be trustworthy and reliable and with good conduct, l can assure you, the sky will be your limit.
“We don’t want to hear any act of criminality from any Corps Member, shun drugs and other forms of criminality,“ he said.
General Ibrahim urged the Corps Members to be responsible users of the social media to promote national unity and integration, instead of using it to promote disaffection among Nigerians.
He warned them against unauthorized journeys but added that they should obtain permission from NYSC before they travel if it becomes necessary and compelling.
Before leaving Nasarawa camp, General Ibrahim had an inspection of the North-Central Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Centre, SAED located inside the Orientation Camp.
He commended the progress of work at the centre, stating that the SAED centre would be of immense benefit to the Corps Members deployed to the State to actualise their vocational dreams.
The SAED centre comprises, garment factory, bakery, water production factory, automobile repair centre, among other sections.
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