Abia NYSC Camp To Get Facelift

Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State,  has promised to provide additional facilities at the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Ummunna in Bende Local Government Area of the state.

Orji made the pledge during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2012 Batch ‘B’ corps members posted to the state.

‘’This administration is ready to do more for the NYSC scheme within available resources,’’ he said.

The governor said the government would sink an additional borehole and also provide a new generating plant to improve services in the camp.

He further promised to donate an official car to the NYSC secretariat to ease their transportation problem.

Orji commended the authorities of the scheme for ‘’repackaging the scheme toward meeting the current needs of the nation,’’ especially in entrepreneurial development and new posting policy.

‘’The reinvigoration of the skill acquisition training for corps members and the introduction of marshal art for self-defence in orientation course content among others are highly commendable,’’ he said.

Orji, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Mkpa Mkpa, said the scheme had helped to inculcate positive citizenship and leadership values in Nigerian youths.

He further explained that the scheme had invoked in the youths, “the spirit of committed service, constructive engagement, patriotism and diligence to our great country’’.

He urged the corps members to take the programme seriously, pointing out that “this will greatly enhance your potential and create opportunities of employment during and after the service year.

In her speech, the state’s NYSC Co-ordinator, Mrs Victoria Okakwu, noted that 2,230 corps members, including 1,313 males and 917 females, had been registered for the programme.

Okakwu  explained that the corps members would be posted to rural communities where their impact would be most readily felt.

She said the measure was in compliance with the new posting policy to four key areas of education, agriculture, rural health, and rural infrastructure and works.

In separate interviews with newsmen,  a cross-section of the corps members expressed delight that they were posted to Abia, describing the state as peaceful.