Tag: NYSC

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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Adeosun: “Court judgment on NYSC vindicates me, it’s a victory for Nigerians in Diaspora”

Aminu Imam

Former finance minister, Kemi Adeosun, has hailed a court ruling that she had no obligation to produce a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate to hold a public office in Nigeria. A judge at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Taiwo Taiwo, granted a declaration that Adeosun cannot be subjected to any penalty or forfeiture in relation to her occupation due to the NYSC certificate. Recall that Adeosun had tendered her resignation in 2018 following allegations that she tendered a forged NYSC certificate as part of her credentials.The court, however,…

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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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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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4 NYSC members test positive to Covid-19 in Nasarawa State

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Abubakar Abdullahi, Lafia.  Four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have test positive to Coronavirus in the orientation Camp in Keffi, Nasarawa State. Director, Public Health, Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, Dr. Ibrahim Adamu disclosed this to Journalists. In his word “we have taken samples, and only four members are positive after their samples were taken and results returned to us.” Another source also said that the affected Corps Members are isolated at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Keffi Local Government Area which is the town hosting the Corps…

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Corps Member’s death: Panel joins Garki Hospital CMD as party

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The National Human Rights Commission panel, investigating allegations of human rights violations against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on Thursday in Abuja, joined the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Garki General Hospital, Abuja as a necessary party in a petition before the panel. The CMD was joined as a party in the petition filed by a lady, Chinenye Igwetu, on the alleged extra-judicial killing of her younger sister, Linda Igwetu. The deceased was a member of the National Youths Service Corps as at the time of her death, allegedly caused by…

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NYSC deploys 650 corps members to Kaduna State

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

After many months of skeletal services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed a total of 650 prospective Corps Members to Kaduna State. The NYSC 2020 Batch B Stream A orientation course is scheduled to hold nationwide from November 10 to November 30. Ms Ajetunmobi Abimbola, the Assistant Chief Information Officer of the corps in Kaduna State, said in a statement that swearing in for thebatch would take place on November 16 at 9.30 a.m. According to her, the 650 prospective corps members are…

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