Brig.
Gen. Zuleman Kazaure, the Director-General, National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC), on Monday said there was no intention to scrap the scheme.
Kazaure,
who was represented by the Director of Mobilisation, Chief Frank Ekpunobi,
disclosed this at Issele-Uku, Delta , during a visit to the camp.
He
said that any insinuations about scrapping the scheme was borne out of “poverty
of information.’’
He
said that the NYSC period in the life of an individual was a period of stop gap
and period to differentiate between fantasy and reality.
Kazaure
said that the scheme was created after the three years of the civil war with
the sole aim of national integration and since its creation, NYSC had performed
wonderfully well in the area of education, healthcare delivery and increased
literacy.
He
said that there was no where in Nigeria today that you do not find corps
members rendering services to their fatherland.
The
NYSC DG, however, advised the corps members to stay in their places of primary
assignment, avoid unnecessary traveling and worked hard to bag awards.
Earlier,
the Delta Coordinator, Mr Benjamin Omotade, said that camping activities
commenced on a promising note.
Omotade
said that different agencies including the police have cordial relationship
with the camp officials.
He
said staff of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in the state were also on ground
to render qualitative healthcare services to the corps members. (NAN)
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