The Coordinator, Benue State National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, Shicha Simon Joshua, has appealed to Governor Samuel Ortom, to prevail on the relevant arm of his government to comply with his earlier directive to construct a new state-of-the-art multipurpose hall at the orientation camp.
The state NYSC coordinator made the appeal at the swearing-in ceremony of 2019 Batch “A” stream 1 Corp members deployed to the state, at the Orientation Camp in Wanune, Tarka Local Government Area of the state.
He said over 2000 corps members deployed to the camp, would be undergoing numerous programmes at the dilapidated multipurpose hall, which also had raised safety concerns to the camp community.
He thanked Governor Ortom for being a beacon of hope to the scheme and a fulcrum of support to corps members in the state and encouraged him to still come to their aid in respect of the hall.
He noted that the fast decaying hall was the epicenter of all activities in the camp and was crucial to the successes of numerous programmes such as Skills Acquisition Entrepreneurial Development, SAED, training and very important lectures and sensitization workshops for Corp members.
He also expressed his appreciation to the independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as well as collaborating agencies, other partners and all camp officials for their support.
Welcoming the Corp members and compatriots in the national service, Shicha noted that the occasion marked another glorious beginning for Corp members as they enter into another phase of their lives.
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He urged them to take the orientation course programmes seriously and always remember that NYSC provides a platform for them to contribute their quota to the unity and development of their father land.
The acting chairman of NYSC governing board, who was represented by the Director ministry of Youth, Comfort Hua, welcomed the Corp members to Benue, and urged them to cohabit peacefully with the camp communities.
She said the orientation course exercise being flagged off was one of the four cardinal programmes of the NYSC designed to instill into the youth corps members leadership qualities of commitment, endurance, self discipline, perseverance, peaceful coexistence, love and unity.
She advise them to use the opportunity to learn new skills and entrepreneur development to add value to their lives.
Gov. SamueL Ortom who was represented by Helen Adimayi, the permanent secretary, ministry of youth and sports, who congratulated the corps members, said this government would continue to support the scheme in all its activities in the state as it had been doing.
Declaring the camp open, Gov. Ortom said the scheme had over the years brought Nigeria’s graduates from all socio cultural and religious backgrounds together and has given them the opportunity to co-exist harmoniously.
