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NYSC hits 35 members with service extension, repeat in Bayelsa

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

YENAGOA- Thirty-five members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), mobilised for the 2023 Batch A, Stream II service year in Bayelsa, have been sanctioned by the Corps for various offences against the service code. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 21 corps members, who committed various offences, had their service year extended, while 14 would repeat the service. Mrs Obiageli Okpalifo, State Coordinator of NYSC, told NAN on Sunday in Yenagoa that 1,075 Corps members passed out successfully and were issued their certificates of national service. Okpalifo congratulated corps members who successfully completed the service and commended them for their immeasurable contributions to the state. She also commended the employers and traditional rulers of various host communities for providing a conducive environment for corps members to serve the nation. She particularly appreciated Gov Douye Diri for his welfare packages and for ensuring the safety of corps members. According to her, corps members that distinguished themselves during the service year were rewarded with certificates of commendation. She commended corps members that took advantage of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship …

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COVID-19 Vaccine Not Compulsory – NYSC Tells Corps Members

May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Friday, has told corp members that the COVID-19 vaccine is not compulsory but they should take it to for personal protection against the ravaging coronavirus. He also urged prospective corps members to be security conscious at all times, warning that they should not put themselves in harm’s way. According to a statement by the NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, the Director-General spoke during a nationwide virtual address to the 2021 Batch ’A’ Stream II prospective corps members ahead of their official induction in the 37 NYSC Orientation Camps across the country. The statement was titled ‘COVID-19 vaccine not compulsory but important, DG tells corps members.’ “The National Youth Service Corps has said it would not force corps members to take COVID-19 jab, but advised that the vaccine is good for personal protection against contracting the deadly Coronavirus,” the statement read in part. Ibrahim was quoted as advising them to make themselves available to the officials from the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency whenever …

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Sports Ministry In Race Against Time To Host Sports Festival And Maintain Amazing Record

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Joan Nnenna Iwuchukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – He is not the type that likes eating his words, if he must eat something, he has a rich dose of delicacies prepared by the best cooks with total patience, purpose and pride. But with the thrice postponed National sports festival, Nigeria sports minister, Sunday Dare already has his back to the wall as he seeks a way out of a unending logjam. In the last two days, he has been running from Pillar to post to satisfy his conscience and please over 8,000 anxious athletes and officials who wake up daily waiting to know what tomorrow holds for them and their fluctuating future. In a society full of the many uncertainties of life, sports has suddenly moved from being just a pastime, to a profession and means of livelihood and to imagine that another generation of budding talents could be wasted and allowed to rust and ruin because of the inability of the host state to stand up to the challenge of hosting or the failure of government to put their …

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NYSC Releases Postings for 2020 Batch ‘B’ Stream II, Warns against Night Travel

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has announced the release of postings for prospective 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members. He disclosed this during a sensitisation webinar, DG further urged those concerned to check the NYSC site to know the states they are deployed to. “I want to inform the prospective corps members that their postings have been released. They can go and check it right now.” Ibrahim said corps members would be allowed into approved camps nationwide starting from January 19, 2021 which is a day later than the January 18, 2021 that was earlier announced. Some of the guidelines given to prospective corps members include: Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) should avoid travelling at night to the Orientation Camps PCMs travelling for distances ( North to South or vice versa) should break their trip into two stages and avoid making one long trip that stretches into the night. PCMs should be security conscious as they travel. *There will be Covid-19 test before entry into …

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Outstanding Performance: FCTA Offers Automatic Employment For 2 Corps Members

September 6, 2020 - by Precise Post - Leave a Comment

By Salisu Sani-Idris Abuja (Precise Post) – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has offered automatic employment for two members of batch B, 2019 National South Service Corps (NYSC), for their outstanding performance during their service year.Mr Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media, to FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Elemue said the two corps members were Miss Ilori Ayotola Deborah, with batch number FCT/19B/5861 and Mr Ilozumba Patrick Chiagozie, batch number FC/19B/6140. He said that the minister, who presented the award to the corps members, commended them for exhibiting ” consciousness and selflessness” during their one year mandatory service. She assured that the FCT Administration would continue to appreciate those who worked hard to promote the unity of the country during their service year. Aliyu said that the NYSC scheme had continued to foster unity among different ethnic nationalities in Nigeria.“Today marks another milestone in the history of our younger ones especially the two outstanding corps members. ”During the processes of growth, we all look forward to a time …