Shuaibu Ibrahim, director-general
of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says some corps members would have
preferred to serve in their locality and “remained as local champions”, if not
for the “pragmatic approach of the scheme”.
Ibrahim was speaking on Thursday
during an unscheduled visit to the 2019 Batch ‘B’ (Stream II) corps members at
the NYSC permanent orientation camp in Ikare-Akoko, Ondo state.
The NYSC DG said that he was
committed to his core mandate of protecting lives of corps members during their
service year.
He also cautioned corps members
not to ridicule the good name of the NYSC by misinforming the world through
unguarded use of the social media.
“The unity of this country lies
in your hands and you can only support the Federal Government by agreeing to
give your very best through meaningful service to your fatherland outside your
comfort zone,” he said.
“If not for this progressive
scheme, some of you, for instance, who undertook all their educational pursuits
in Ibadan, would have wanted to work in
Ibadan and still wanted to marry in Ibadan.
“But for the pragmatic approach
of NYSC, you would have remained a local champion.
“All the state coordinators have
been empowered to enforce the right way of dressing by investing in large
banners to showcase the appropriate and correct ways of wearing NYSC uniforms.”
The NYSC DG said that he was not
always at peace whenever he had to explain to parents why a corps member lost
his or her life.
“I am talking to you not only as
the director-general of this laudable scheme but as a father who knows and understands
very well the psychological trauma parents go through when they lose a child
that they had invested a lot of
resources on,” he said.
“Please, I am begging you to
desist from making frivolous and unauthorised journeys. When the unexpected
happens, I am always very sad to console and explain to parents that we had
lost their son or daughter.”
Ibrahim said that any corps
member found to have embarked on an unapproved journey would face the full
wrath of the law in line with the act establishing the scheme.
Last week, the NYSC DG had warned
corps members against involving in cyber crime and other fraudulent acts
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