Friday Olokor, Abuja
The National Youth Service Corps has warned all personnel of the NYSC Farms and Ventures to shun acts of sabotage, dishonesty, mismanagement and other vices that could threaten the good intentions for which it was established.
The organisation said that it was important to shun such vices as they were capable of undermining the efforts of the NYSC.
The NYSC also said following the problems of low crop yield experienced in 2021 at its farms in Kebbi State and the FCT due to climate change, it had approved the insurance of its crops with the National Agricultural Insurance Corporation during the 2022 farming season.
The Director-General of the NYSC, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, represented by its Director od Internal Audit, Leke Abiodun, stated these on Monday in Abuja, while declaring open the 2022 NYSC Farm and Ventures Managers Workshop with the theme: ‘Effective planning and budgeting: A necessity for NYSC enterprise operation.’
According to him, as part of efforts to strengthen the management of the farms and other ventures nationwide, a circular had been issued directing all personnel manning them to report to the Director, Ventures Management, for effective supervision, policy implementation and control.
“Furthermore, in order to ensure accountability, we have ensured the opening of corporate accounts in commercial banks by all the ventures.
“The managers and accountants are to also ensure appropriate documentation of all financial transactions for ease of reference,” he said.
Ibrahim also said that management “had approved the insurance of the NYSC crops with the National Agricultural Insurance Corporation during the 2022 farming season.”
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