Tag: National Youth Service Corps

Bandits kidnap Kebbi bound corps member

Aminu Imam

Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have abducted a prospective Corps member, Iorliam Jennifer Awashima, while she was on her way to the Dakingari Orientation Camp, for the 2021 Batch-C Stream-1 orientation course in Kebbbi State. According to a Facebook user, Suam Nenger, who shared the story on the social media platform, the incident happened on Wednesday, October 20, around the Zamfara axis. The driver of the vehicle and some others were said to have managed to escape, while Jennifer was kidnapped alongside other passengers. Also confirming the incident, Benue activist…

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Buhari flags-off post-NYSC employment scheme to absorb 20,000 graduates annually

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has launched a scheme to equip post-National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), members with entrepreneurship skills. The scheme, which is expected to train 20,000 freshly passed out NYSC members of every batch, is tagged: Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme. In his remark during the launch of the scheme at the Presidential Villa, Buhari expressed said the programme will build on other efforts of the government to support young Nigerians such as the N75 billion Youth Fund in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, which was created to support…

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NYSC suspends accounts of 1,000 Corps members over alleged unethical practices

Aminu Imam

The National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), has said it was probing 1, 000 corps members nationwide who tried to compromise its staff on posting and redeployment. The NYSC Director-General, Brig. Gen Shu’aibu Ibrahim stated these in an interview with reporters in Abuja after declaring open the 2020 inspectors’ development programme with the theme: “Optimising the ideals of the scheme through effective utilisation of the NYSC inspector”. The NYSC boss further explained that the accounts of corps members had been temporarily blocked and vowed to discipline anybody involved accordingly at the…

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Corps members can be mobilised for war, says NYSC DG

Aminu Imam

…Says scheme responsible for many marriages in Nigeria  The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC), Brig. Gen Shu’aibu Ibrahim, has described corps members as part of the National Defence Policy, who can be mobilised for war should the situation warrant it. The NYSC Director-General stated this on a television programme on Wednesday. The NYSC scheme is a one-year mandatory programme for graduates below 30 years of age. It was established to foster unity in the country, as participants are ideally taken sent to serve the country outside their…

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Corps members to benefit from health insurance – NHIS

Aminu Imam

The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Mohammed Sambo, has announced that the agency has developed a framework to extend health insurance to members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The disclosure was made by Sambo while speaking at a forum of the newsmen in Abuja, where he said that the gesture was to boost the Universal Health Coverage (UHC). This follows a presidential directive on the enrollment of NYSC members into the NHIS scheme, with both government agencies collaborating to ensure that funding for…

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FG offers jobs, scholarships, cash for 110 ex-corps members

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday offered automatic employment to 110 ex-corps members in the Federal Civil Service and scholarships for the pursuit of post-graduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in Nigeria. Over 500 corps members from the state level were nominated for the presidential award by the National Selection Committee, with 110 making the final list to receive the award. President Buhari also announced cash reward to the honourees during the award ceremony held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. The President commended former Head of State,…

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NYSC releases posting for 2020 Batch-B Stream II corp members

Aminu Imam

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) yesterday announced that the posting for 2020 Batch B Stream II Corps Members has been released. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim, announced this during the sensitisation webinar for the 2020 Batch-B Stream II Corp Members on the safe reopening of orientation camps across the country. He directed all affected persons to proceed to the NYSC website to confirm their State of deployment. The NYSC DG also announced that corps members are to report in camp as from 19th January, as against the previously…

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Bandits kill one corps member, as gunmen shoot sporadically along Abuja-Kaduna highway

Aminu Imam

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the death of a corps member around Jere village along the Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The NYSC, in a statement issued yesterday by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, said 17 corps members were attacked by suspected armed robbers, who stormed the expressway.  According to the statement, the corps members had completed the 2020 Batch “B”, Stream 1B Orientation programme at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ede, Osun State, and were travelling to the northern part of the country before the…

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‘Those who stole NYSC uniforms risk 3-yr jail term’ – D-G

Aminu Imam

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says anyone caught unlawfully in possession of its uniforms will face a three-year jail term. The Director-General of the scheme, Shu’aibu Ibrahim, spoke recently, while reacting to the recent mob attack on its Abuja orientation camp. There were reports of how a mob invaded the NYSC camp on Tuesday, and carted away items including mattresses and foodstuffs amid the unrests trailing the #EndSARS protest. The NYSC D-G condemned the incident, wondering why the attackers would invade the camp, which is not known for housing…

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