Tag: NYSC
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Eid el-Kabir: Buhari addresses NYSC members, skips Adeosun’s certificate forgery scandal
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday addressed serving corps members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in his country home in Daura, Katsina State as part of activities marking the 2018 Eid el-Kabir celebrations. The president spoke on the need for Nigerians to take part in the scheme as it helps bonds the Nigerian spirit…
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#AdeosunGate: SERAP drags NYSC to court for failure to publish exemption certificate
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for failing to publish the exemption certificate of Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, was allegedly issued to her by the agency some few years ago. Recall that an online news platform, Premium Times, had reported last month that the…
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Good news beset Akwa Ibom prospective corps members
The Akwa Ibom Government says it has commenced the renovation of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp as promised during the 2018 Batch `A’ closing ceremony in May. Gov. Udom Emmanuel made the disclosure on Monday at the closing orientation ceremony of 2018 Batch `B` Stream 1 corps members in Ikot Itie Udung…
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Okowa to make NYSC permanent orientation camp a model
The Delta Government has said that it will make the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) permanent orientation camp in the state a model for others in the country. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa disclosed this on Monday at Issele-uku during the closing ceremony of the 2018 Batch ‘B’ orientation course of 1,839 corps members. Okowa who was…
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Kemi Adeosun and the NYSC saga
By Carl Umegboro Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun has been in the eyes of the storm over her exemption certificate from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). As a result, pressures have persisted calling for her response or immediate removal from office by President Muhammadu Buhari over forgery. From arguments in some quarters, the…
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Adeosun too good to be sacked, I don’t bloody care if she did NYSC or not – Sagay
The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman, Itse Sagay (SAN), has downplayed the controversy about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate of Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. Speaking on the sidelines of a workshop on the UK Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO), Sagay also said President Muhammadu Buhari cannot afford to sack Adeosun. “I…
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NYSC relocates 202 corps members in Osun
No fewer than 202 Batch B National Youth Service Corps members in Osun seeking for relocation had their request granted. The State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Emmanuel Attah, said this on Wednesday in Osogbo while briefing the NYSC Director-General, Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, who was on a visit to the permanent orientation camp in Ede.…
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NYSC bans corps members from unauthorised journeys
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Zakari Kazaure, said on Tuesday that to travelling out of camp or places of primary assignment without obtaining permission remained remained an offence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kazaure spoke at the Ekiti State Permanent Orientation Camp, situated in Ise/Emure, in Ise/Orun…
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NYSC DG warns corps members against night parties
Brig.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General, National Youth Corps, has warned corps members against night parties and organising social events without the knowledge of the appropriate authority. Kazaure, while addressing corps members in Ikare Akoko on Tuesday, directed that all social events must not hold without approvals. He said the scheme was devastated over the sad…
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Economics of NYSC and stranded Nigerians in diaspora, By Henry Boyo
By Henry Boyo Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has been in the eye of the storm lately, with the allegation that she forged an NYSC Exemption Certificate, to secure an earlier appointment, as a public servant in Ogun State. However, despite President Muhammed Buhari’s professed zero tolerance for corruption and unwholesome practices in public office, government…