Tag: NYSC
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NYSC Losses corps member in Kwara camp
Miss Hilda Ichee Amadi, a corps member at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp at Yikpata in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State is reportedly dead. The corps member was said to have suffered a bone fracture during the morning drill on April 23 and was rushed to the camp’s clinic. Sources said…
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NYSC urges corps members to take advantage of SAED programme
Mr Mohammed Momoh, Lagos State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has advised corps members to take advantage of the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme of NYSC to become self-reliant. Momoh gave advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. He told corps members to take…
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New minimum wage will determine Corps members’ allowance – DG
The Director General, of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Sulaiman Kazaure, says the increase in corps members monthly allowance would be determined by the new national minimum wage ”when it takes effect.” The official said this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists newsmen shortly after the swearing-in ceremony of the 2018…
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Youths, invaluable partners in nation development- Okorocha
Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha has described Nigerian youths as invaluable partners in the process of nation development who should be reckoned with. Okorocha said this on Monday at the swearing of the 2018 Batch ‘A’ Corps members deployed to Imo, at the Permanent Orientation Camp, Eziama Obaire, Nkwere Local Government Area of the state. Okorocha…
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NYSC to commence 2018 Batch ‘A’ service year April 19
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), will on Thursday, April 19, commence Orientation Course for the 2018 Batch ‘A’ service year. The scheme made the announcement on its official Facebook page “www.facebook.com/officialnysc” and it’s Twitter handle @nysc_ng. It urged all Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) who have been mobilised for the service year to ensure they…
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Why compulsory youths service year remains relevant – Commissioner
The Lagos State Commissioner for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Relations, Mr Oluseye Oladejo, says the compulsory youths service year programme has continued to play pivotal role in bringing Nigerians together. Oladejo stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. He said that the scheme National Youth Service…
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Lagos: NYSC loses 3 corps members, 23 to repeat service year
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday presented State Honours’ Award and cash prizes to 14 outstanding corps members in Lagos State. Mr Momammed Momoh, the Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, also announced the death of three members during the passing-out parade of the corps members at the NYSC Orientation Camp, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos. Momoh…
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Delta: 19 NYSC members to repeat service year
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that 19 of its corps members will have to repeat the exercise. The NYSC accused them of absconding from their service-year programme and would repeat it whenever they presented themselves to the authority. The State Coordinator, Mr Benjamin Omotade, said this during the passing out of the…
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NYSC boss bemoans dilapidated facilities at orientation camps
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, has expressed concern over what he called the dilapidated state of facilities in many orientation camps across the country. Speaking at the opening of the 2018 Batch ‘A’ Pre-orientation Workshop, held in Ibadan, on Wednesday, he said that facilities in many of the orientation camps…
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NYSC refutes death of corps member in Kwara
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that no corps member serving in Kwara died in any autocrash in Oke-Ose, Ilorin. The NYSC Public Relations Officer (PRO) in Kwara, Oladipo Morakinyo refuted the allegation in a press release in Ilorin on Sunday. He said, “The attention of the NYSC State Secretariat, located in Ilorin,Kwara…