DG Challenges NYSC Members On Security

National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General, Brig. Gen. Maharazu Tsiga, has urged corps members to make their personal security a priority.

He gave the charge on Sunday at the NYSC permanent orientation camp in Issele-Uku, Delta, when he visited the camp as part of his on-going sensitisation tour.

“The NYSC management has put in place some measures toward your safety, but your personal efforts are

very essential,’’ he said.

He advised them to be mindful of their friends and the associations they keep “so as to avoid been misguided.

“I implore you to watch out because your personal security depends on you,” he stressed.

He said that the on-going sensitisation tour was to see how the corps members were faring in the various camps with respect to comfort, welfare and security.

He also urged them to use their energy positively “so as to be successful in life.

“Do not use your energy and brain wrongly. Do not waste your time because your parents are not around; work hard and re-direct your energy positively.”

The Director-General said that the service year should be seen as a period of sober reflection for the corps members to think about the future.

Tsiga advised them against “self defeatism”, saying that it was inimical to the success and progress of an individual.

“Your vision and mission in life is in your own hands, make your future work, this is the time for you to kick the ball into the net.”

He appealed to them to respect the communities of their primary assignment as the service year was a training period.

On the visit with Tsiga, were Alhaji Abba Tanko, the corps Director of Administration, Dr John Agbari, the Welfare Administrator and Mr Ezekiel Ayedogan, the Public Relations Officer.