The National Youth Service Corps,NYSC,has decided to extend the service period of three members who served in Sokoto State due to abscondment and misconduct.
Alhaji Usman Yakubu-Yaro, the NYSC Coordinator in the state, made this known while presenting certificates to the 2023 Batch ‘A’ Stream 2 youth corps members on Thursday. He emphasized the NYSC’s zero-tolerance policy towards truancy and stated that erring corps members would face consequences.
Out of the 618 youth corps members who completed the one-year mandatory service, 351 were males and 267 were females, and they demonstrated commendable character throughout their service year.
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The coordinator, who said that the scheme posted high number of youth corps members to schools to teach, as well as
medical personnel to rural areas, stressed that those are areas where they are mostly needed.
He urged the outgoing youth corps members to be good ambassadors of the scheme wherever they found themselves and
advised them to utilise the skills acquired during the service year, stressing that white collar jobs are not easy to find these days.
He thanked the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, for the awards to the two best NYSC members in every batch posted to the state.
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