Three Corps Members to Repeat Service Year, Three Others Have Their Service Extended in Sokoto
Onuminya Ochowechi in Sokoto
Three members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), 2022 Batch C Stream 1 in Sokoto State are to repeat their service year as three others have their service extended for alleged misconducts and abscondment.
The NYSC state Coordinator, Alhaji Usman Yakubu Yaro disclosed this on Thursday at the passing-out ceremony of the 2022 Batch C Stream 1 corps members in Sokoto.

He maintained that NYSC is a scheme of reward and punishment, stressing that the scheme has zero tolerance for truancy, and would not hesitate to punish any erring corps member.
According to Usman out of 527 corps members who passed a male and female have been shortlisted for Sultan meritorious award for their outstanding contributions to the development of the state during their service year.
He further explained that the scheme posted high number of corps medical personnel to the rural areas where they are mostly needed.
The state coordinator urged the outgoing corps members to be good ambassadors of the scheme wherever they find themselves, as he wished them successes in their future endeavors and also safe journey to their various destinations.
He advised them to maximize the gain of skills acquisitions learned during the service year, stressing that white collar jobs are not easy to find these days.
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Usman enjoined them them to avoid night journey , saying if night meet them at the process of their journey they should look for military barracks or nearest police station to pass the night before continuing the journey.
The NYSC boss thanked the state Governor, Ahmed Aliyu for sustaining corps monthly allowance which he said has helped many corps members in the state.
Usman also thanked His Eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, for his benevolent gesture, saying he has been giving award to the two best corps members of every batch.
Three Corps Members to Repeat Service Year, Three Others Have Their Service Extended in Sokoto