NYSC Adopts New Orientation Course For Corps Members

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has adopted a new orientation course for corps members, in line with the ongoing reform of the scheme.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the NYSC, Mr. Shehu Bello and made available to newsmen in Abuja last Sunday.

The statement quoted the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen. Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, as saying that the change was necessitated by the recent challenges faced by corps members across the country.

Okorie-Affia, the statement said, named such challenges to include post service unemployment, and over-crowding of the orientation time-table with activities that were not very beneficial to the corps members.

“At the end of the orientation course, corps members will be required to opt for skills that will enable them to be job creators and employers of labour, instead of roaming the streets in search of white-collar jobs that are non-existent,” the statement quoted the director-general as saying.

It called on stakeholders, especially State Governments, to cooperate with the scheme in order to groom corps members, whom he described as “premium assets,” to enable them play their roles in national development.

The statement said that the new posting policy for corps members would, henceforth, be limited to four key areas— agriculture, health, infrastructure and health.