EMPLOY YOUTH CORPS MEMBERS SERVING IN YOUR OFFICES— NYSC DG BEGS EMPLOYERS OF LABOUR
REPORTER: CHUKWUMA EZEOGU
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has urged employers of labour to absorb permanently competent corps members in their institutions irrespective of their state of origin.
The Director General made the appeal in a message to the 2021 Corps Employers Workshop Series held in Enugu, tagged “Optimising the NYSC/Corps Employers’ Partnership for National Development in the context of the New Normal.”
The DG, represented by the Southeast Director, NYSC Area Office, Mrs. Ngozi Nwatalari, said that the workshop series taking place simultaneously across the federation formed an avenue for exchange of ideas between NYSC and Corps employers to the operational environment of the scheme.
This is to enable corps members render qualitative and efficient services in their respective places of primary assignment.
The Director General said that the workshop would, thus, generate ideas that would enable the scheme to continually weather the prevailing storms of Coronavirus, security and others challenges.
He appealed to corps employers not to aid and abate corps members in their organisations to commit infractions contrary to their rules of engagement.
“The comfort of corps members during the orientation programme is one of the key corps welfare provisions.
“Accordingly, management has continued to sensitise state governments on the need to provide adequate facilities in the camps,” he said.
While addressing the gathering, the Enugu State coordinator, NYSC, Mr. Sam Ujogu, said that the forum provided an opportunity for the parities to brainstorm and proffer solutions to their challenges, which might engender a practical means of protecting corps members and creating policies favorable for national development.
He, however, expressed concern about the security of corps members in the state.
“We have to deliberate on practical means of protecting corps members from harassment from unscrupulous elements in the communities where they are serving.
“Also, the issue of sexual assault on female corps members demands our urgent attention in order to uphold the public confidence in the scheme,” he said.
In a goodwill message, the Enugu State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr. Manfred Nzekwe, said that the scheme had contributed positively to providing the requisite support for the growth of schools in the rural areas.
Mr. Nzekwe, said that the state government had made concerted efforts to provide conducive environment for the corps members and discouraged their rejection in places of primary assignment.