NYSC DG Urges Corps Members To Preach Against Nigeria's Breakup

NYSC DG Urges Corps Members To Preach Against Nigeria's Breakup

The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has called on Corps Members to shun calls by some elements for the breakup of the country.

He made the call in a nationwide broadcast to the 2021 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps Members through the video conferencing platform on the eve of the completion of their Orientation Course.

Ibrahim urged them to imbibe the ideals of the NYSC, and help sensitize fellow Nigerians on the need for continued existence of the country as an indivisible entity.

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“NYSC was established to promote unity and integration. So, wherever you are, continue to propagate the ideals of the Scheme, and tell fellow Nigerians that Nigeria is better together because you have learnt and seen this in the Orientation Camp,’ he added.

The Director-General also advised them to use the Social Media for the promotion of unity and understanding rather than propagation of hatred, fake news and rumour.

He called on the Corps Members to accept their posting to any location and endeavour for Primary Assignment and be diligent in the performance of their duties with a view to adding values to the organizations they will be serving.

Ibrahim also stressed the need for them to identify the felt needs of their host communities and proffer solutions through the Community Development Service.

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Emphasizing the need for security consciousness, he cautioned them against boarding vehicles at the roadside or unauthorized motor parks, adding that the registration numbers of the vehicles and phone numbers of their drivers must be obtained and forwarded to the NYSC Headquarters with copies also kept by State Coordinators, Camp Commandants and Heads of other Security Agencies on camp.

He advised them to take the skills acquisition and entrepreneurship programme of the Scheme seriously, especially by paying attention to its post-camp training component.

The Director-General further warned the Corps Members against conniving with politicians to perpetrate fraud whenever engaged as INEC ad hoc personnel during elections, adding that they should always demonstrate high sense of responsibility and neutrality.