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Why We Introduced Compulsory Skill Acquisition, Entrepreneur Programme – NYSC

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: May 19, 2016
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The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General S. Z. Kazaure, explained why the compulsory skills acquisition and entrepreneurship programme for all corps members was introduced into the service year, saying it will enable Corps members become job creators rather than seeking scarce white collar jobs after the mandatory one-year national programme.

The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General S.Z. Kazaure, who made this known on Monday during a visit to corps members undergoing orientation programme at the NYSC Orientation Camp Kaiama in Kolokuma/Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State, noted that the need to bridge the unemployment informed the decision to introduce a compulsory skills acquisition and entrepreneurship programme for corps members during the service year.

Kazaure urged the corps members to create jobs for others, nothing that having passion for entrepreneurship and skills acquisition is a sure way for solving the unemployment problem of young graduates.

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Brig. Gen. Kazaure, however, assured corps members of his commitment to ensuring utmost welfare and security for all corps members across nation and urged corps members to respect the culture and tradition of their host communities, avoid unauthorised journey and night parties.

He emphasized the need for corps members to stay away from the use of hard drugs, and commended the management for the high level of sensitization of the corps members against the use of illicit drugs and other social vices.

Earlier, the Bayelsa State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mr. Anthony Ekeocha noted that a total of 1725 corps members made up of 845 males and 880 females were registered for the 2016 Batch ‘A’ exercise in the state.

He described the corps members as highly disciplined and patriotic and commended them for their cooperation inspite of limited camp facilities.

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Mr. Ekeocha who commended the Bayelsa state government for constructing a new orientation camp for the scheme appealed for the early completion of the project to ease the challenges experienced by corps members and camp officials during orientation exercises.

“I am optimistic that the visit of the Director-General to the state would offer him an opportunity to interact with key officials of government in the state and further add voice to our persistent for the early completion of the new NYSC orientation camp”, he added.

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