Acting DG Urges Corps Members To Be Security Conscious
By Onuminya Innocent In Sokoto
The Acting Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs Christy Ubah, has urged Corp members to be security conscious
She also tasked them to initiate impactful community projects and avoid insecurity prone areas.
Ubah, gave the advice on Tuesday while addressing the 2022 Batch C, stream 11, Corp members at the NYSC permanent Orientation Camp at Wamakko in Wamakko local government area of Sokoto state.
She urged corps members to initiate viable projects that would impact positively on their host communities during service year noting that the effort would contribute to the development of the country.
She enjoined corps members to avoid free rides so as not to fall on the tricks of criminals and refrained from unnecessary journeys during their service year.

The Acting DG further advised corps members to always follow available channels of communication available in the scheme to address issues.
She also cautioned them against social media, saying “don’t go to social media to report allowance issue, if caught, you’ll be sanctioned appropriately”.
On the 2023 general election, the acting Director-General called on corps members who may participate to take advantage of the election sensitisation programmes and training to enhance their knowledge on the electioneering.
She implored them to be neutral, apolitical, patriotic and not to compromise but do the right things during the elections.
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Ubah appealed to politicians to protect the corps members and put them first before their personal interests.
‘She enjoined them to be sraight forward on issues, build bridges and relationships. “You’re going to benefit from it later. It is one of the assets you’ll gather here and it’s going to help you in the future,” Ubah said.
She said the intention of founding fathers in NYSC scheme is to enhance understanding, foster unity and integration of the citizens
The Acting DG expressed delight with the achievements of the scheme and attributed the outcomes to the efforts, contributions and innovations of corps members toward unity and nation building.
In his remarks, the Coordinator of NYSC in Sokoto state, Mr Muhammad Nakamba, expressed satisfaction of NYSC members toward the general orientation courses noting that they have been involved in all camp activities urging them to sustain the temple.
Nakamba said all camp officials and collaborating bodies were doing well in the course of discharging their duties and that all activities were progressing well.
He urged corps members to be diligent on Skill Acquisition Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) learnt in after the camp stressing white collar jobs were not readily available at the present