Management wishes to inform all prospective corps members, parents, guardians and the general public, that no date has yet been fixed for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ orientation course.
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Regina Agaba, the Principal of Government College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar, said the corps member had surprised the school authorities by the gesture
NAN reports that the state government, headed by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, had promised to be paying the sum of N4,000 monthly to corps members serving with the state government sector
The D-G, who described the rumours as fabrications, called on the batch “A” stream of the scheme to embrace the NYSC skill acquisition programme.
He said that the skill acquisition programme would enable the corps members become employers of labour rather than searching for non-existing white collar jobs
Madumere, while narrating his discovery of the cultural affinities of the various tribes and ethnic groups in Nigeria, called for more effort to ensure that Nigerian youth get exposed to other people’s culture
The Muslim Rights Concern, led by Prof. Ishaq Akintola, and several other groups and individuals have kicked against the timing of the orientation.
But at a meeting between the MCAN executives and the management of the NYSC, the Director General, Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure
Any Nigerian institution dealing with schedules and programmes particularly the NYSC whose programmes are of such magnitude is expected to consider the dates and periods of important festivals, rituals and religious practices. This should form the core of its logistics. It is our humble opinion that NYSC headquarters has failed in its strategic planning by allowing its next camp to clash with the Ramadan period
NAN reports that the appeal followed protest by some of the affected graduates on May 25 in Ibadan over the delay in mobilising them to camp
Kazaure, who gave the hint on Monday during an interactive session with the Senate Committee on Sport and Youth Development, said series of letters of have been written to the Minister of Youth Development and Sport, Solomon Dalung, and President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue, but no favourable response has been received
He said the suspect had boarded a luxury bus from Onitsha in Anambra State to Sokoto, from where she would board another bus to Gumi in Zamfara State, when she was arrested at a checkpoint in Sokoto
Kazaure stated that the proposed loan is being packaged in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bank of Industry.
He said: “The loan scheme will provide certain amount of interest-free loans to the corps members after the completion of their one year service.
He said the NYSC had introduced and initiated programmes over the years, which have ensured the sustenance and growth of the scheme.
He assured the minister of the Nigerian Government’s support, adding: “It is not wrong to say that the GNYSS has taken root because of the support of the NYSC and we will do all we can to assist.”
He said: “We have brought to Federal Government’s attention the urgent need to increase some of the allowances due to corps members and recent response suggests a strong ray of light at the end of the tunnel
“Three other corps members were bestowed with the state’s prestigious merit award, four others got the chairman’s awards, while several others got commendation letters.”
Rev. Fr. Henry Ogonwa, who delivered the homily during the funeral service at Holy Family Catholic Church, Ajaji, Illah, described Okonta as a dedicated Christian who lived a good life and strived to build a future for himself
“Your Excellency, the NYSC management conveniently structured this extortion as a Private Public Partnership, PPP similar to the Immigration recruitment scam that led to loss of life. At inception, the claims by Brigadier-General Olawumi and his cohorts basically implied that users of the online platform must pay for the initial cost of acquiring hardware and setting up the portal
Olawumi was in Illah on a condolence visit to late Chukwudumabi Okonta’s family, a serving corps member who was killed in Rivers State during the recent re-run elections for the National and State Assemblies
The commissioner said the samples from the victims, a medical doctor, who is a Corps member serving at the hospital, and the children community health nurse, also tested positive to the disease
“Adamawa State will resume with the next batch, while Borno and Yobe orientation camps will be re-opened before the end of the year.”
Olawumi said the states had some of the best facilities for orientation in the country, but had to be closed down due to insecurity
Bindow announced this while receiving the management team of the NYSC, who paid him a courtesy call at the Government House in Yola.
He said: “I feel it most expedient to review the N2,000 monthly stipend of corps members serving in this state to N10,000.”