The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed has commissioned an ultra-modern Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, (SAED) Centre inside the NYSC Orientation Camp, Yobe State, North East Nigeria.
Speaking during the inauguration on Friday, the Director-General advised Corps Members deployed to the State and youths in the host community to utilize the opportunity of the centre to acquire vocational trainings that would make them self-employed.
He said the era of salaried jobs is fading away, while entrepreneurship is the only option to address unemployment.
The Director General urged the Corps Members to embrace skill acquisition training during the orientation period in the camp, while they will continue with post-camp training after the three weeks of orientation course.
“I will urge the community to take the centre as their own.
“I want all of you to be interested in Skill Acquisition. I encourage you to maximize your time and the opportunities of the service year to do useful things for yourself.
“Prepare your business proposals because there are lots of stakeholders that would offer you business grants to actualize your dreams of becoming employers of labour.”
He also advised them to respect the culture of their host communities and also execute laudable projects that would improve the living standards of the people.
The DG had earlier in the day joined other dignitaries to witness the swearing-in ceremony of the 945 prospective Corps Members, comprising 655 males and 290 females deployed to the State.
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni in his address at the ceremony said the Scheme for almost fifty years has been providing a major platform for youths in the country to break the barriers of ethnicity, religious bigotry and primordial sentiments.
The Governor, whose address was presented at the ceremony by the State Commissioner for Higher Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Mohammed Munkaila promised the continuous support of the State Government by upgrading camp facilities and provision of necessary incentives to enable the Scheme to build on its laudable achievements.
The NYSC Yobe State Coordinator, Mrs Hafsat Yerima in her address urged the Corps Members to obey all camp rules and participate actively in all activities.
PIAK