Sultan Tasks NYSC On Corps Members Security, Welfare
By Onuminya Ochowechi In Sokoto
The Sultan Of Sokoto Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111 has charged National Youth Service Corps to take the security and welfare of corps members serious.
Sultan made the assertion on Tuesday when the national governing board members of NYSC led by its chairman Ambassador Fatima Abubakar Bala paid him a courtesy call in his palace in Sokoto.
The Monarch who thanked them for the visit urged them to do same to other traditional rulers saying traditional rulers are custodian of people hence a need to commit the security of corps members to them . He added that the role of NYSC in promoting national unity can not be overemphasized.
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Abubakar stressed that he would work with district heads and security agencies in the state to enhance the security of corps members posted to the state.
Earlier the chairman of NYSC board Ambassador Fatima Abubakar Bala thanked Sultan for his unflinching support to the scheme.
Bala use the opportunity to congratulate His Eminence on his recent 15 years anniversary on the throne.
She said they were in the state “in order to appreciate the support that the scheme has being enjoying over the years from his eminence and his council.
According to her, the Sultan is like a father to all corps members deployed to the state because of his concern about their general wellbeing.
On his part the NYSC state coordinator Alhaji Muhammad Nakamba listed the contribution of Sultan to the scheme in the state to includes , meritorious award for the best male and female Corps Members, hosting of corps members of each batch for a lunch among others.
Sultan Tasks NYSC On Corps Members Security, Welfare
