THE National Youth Service Corps, on Tuesday, warned corps members to “avoid risky engagements throughout the service year.”
The Director-General, NYSC, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, according to a ac by the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, Emeka Mgbemena, gave the advice while addressing the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream One corps members deployed in Kogi State at the orientation camp in Asaya, Kabba.
He told them to avoid night travels, lone movements and acceptance of rides from strangers, adding that they should report suspicious activities around them to law enforcement agencies.
Ibrahim also enjoined them to use the period of the orientation course to imbibe teamwork, build lasting friendships, promote the unity of the country, and add value to themselves and the NYSC.
The DG said many of their predecessors had made history by distinguishing themselves through participation in national assignments such as elections, immunisation programmes, population and housing census, and COVID-19 prevention, among others.
He also stressed the need for them to always be of good conduct, adding, “Shun cybercrimes, drug abuse, cultism and other acts of criminality. You must be good ambassadors of your families, the NYSC and your institutions.”
The director-general urged the corps members to obey set rules and regulations in their places of primary assignment.
He warned that the agency would not condone acts of indiscipline and that every infraction would attract sanctions as stipulated in the NYSC bye-laws.
“You are the future leaders of this country; you must be disciplined, respectful, obedient, patriotic and hardworking. Note that the rules and regulations in your places of primary assignment are also binding on you,” he added.
Ibrahim sensitised the corps members to the criteria for selection of winners for the President’s NYSC Honours Award, stressing that they must excel in all the four cardinal programmes of the scheme namely: orientation course, primary assignment, community development service and winding-up/passing-out activities.
“Once you relocate from Kogi State or change your place of primary assignment, you are disqualified,” he said.
The DG advised the corps members to embrace the skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development programme of the scheme aimed at empowering them for self-employment and wealth creation.
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