President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday directed the immediate employment of 200 National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, honourees into the federal civil service.
The President also announced ₦250, 000 cash award for the 200 honourees in recognition of their outstanding service during the 2020–2023 service years.
This is as President Tinubu showed empathy to 10 physically challenged former corps members, who sustained varying degrees of disability while serving, directing that they should be offered federal employment and assuring them that the government will never forget their sacrifice.
The President represented by the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, at the combined President’s NYSC Honours Award Ceremony (2020-2023) in Abuja, celebrated the awardees for their “discipline, commitment, selflessness, teamwork, patriotism, and integrity.”
He assured the honorees that the “Head of the Civil Service of the Federation and Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission will immediately begin their employment process.”
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Beyond automatic employment and cash awards, every honouree—including those with disabilities—will receive a scholarship to pursue a postgraduate degree at any Nigerian university.
“In appreciation of their service to the nation, all the awardees will receive N250,000. Finally, each award recipient will be granted a scholarship to pursue postgraduate programs up to a degree in any university in the country,” the president promised.
President Tinubu reinforced the administration’s commitment to youth empowerment, saying: “In appreciation of these critical roles played by youth in national development, and to put them in the foreground of our economy, the government developed several youth-related programs, covering education, skills development, technology, and information sustainability.”
He called on the honorees and Nigerian youths alike “to continue to have faith in Nigeria,” urging them not to yield to those “seeking to destabilize the nation.”
Reported by Vanguard
