The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Gombe State University to optimise the scheme’s North-East Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Centre.
A statement by the Director, of press and public relations of NYSC, Mr Eddy Megwa stated that the agreement was signed at the NYSC North-East Skill Acquisition Centre in Gombe State.
The statement noted that the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Muhammad Fadah, was represented at the event by the Director, of Legal Services, Barrister Ibrahim Tijani said the decision to partner with the university was informed by the scheme’s desire to optimise the benefits of the NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED Centre.
He said, “apart from corps members, for whom the centre was originally conceived, the partnership will enable us to accommodate the training of students of the State University and other youths of the host community, in line with our commitment to deepening the impact of the Scheme on the Society”.
In his remarks, the Vice-Chancellor, of Gombe State University, Professor Aliyu El-Nafaty appreciated the NYSC for agreeing to partner with the institution.
He said the Skill Acquisition Center would be used to train Gombe State University undergraduates on vocational skills to equip them with the necessary skills for self-reliance before graduation.
The NYSC Director of Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, Mr Omotade Ayodele, said the Gombe Skill Centre; one of Access bank’s landmark projects for Nigerian youths would equip them with different skill sets.
He also said that the edifice which was handed over to the scheme in 2018 will breed a new set of entrepreneurs that is poised to change the narrative of the youths in the production sector of the Nigerian economy.
Ayodele added that through this, corps members at the end of their national service and other youths will become employers of labour and also contribute to the Gross Domestic Product of the country.
Dominica Nwabufo
