You Are Safe In Ondo, NYSC Assures Corps Members |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

Corps members deployed to Ondo State have been assured of adequate security during their service year.

The Ondo State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani, who gave the assurance during the low key Swearing in Ceremony where she declared open the orientation course for 2021 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) service year also assured their parents of adequate security for their wards.

“I wish to assure the parents and guardians of the Corps members that there is no cause for alarm as the scheme sustains its core responsibility of adequately catering for the security and welfare of corps members.”

The State Coordinator advised the Corps members to take their personal security seriously and with unflinching sensitivity.

“The security situation in our darling nation is of grave concern to all of us who believed in the project called Nigeria and I want to admonish you to protect your lives first and above all other considerations.”

She said that security chiefs and uniform agencies have been briefed and they all assured her of adequate protection and safety for corps members deployed to the State and those that would be passing through to other parts of the country.

The NYSC boss specifically appealed to corps members to face their primary assignment during the service year and live a decent life devoid of ostentatious exposures which may put them to security threat.

She promised to continue to liaise with Security Chiefs from time to time so that security architecture and network apparatus put in place remains dynamic and rigid.

“Still talking on security and welfare of corps members, I wish to announce that following the outbreak of Lassa Fever and Coronavirus pandemic, the National Youth Service Corps Scheme, as a proactive measure embarked on far reaching actions in order to guide against the contraction of the deadly virus by corps members.”

According to her, the Scheme has been in constant touch with Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC), Federal Ministry of Health, as well as the Teaching/Medical Centres nationwide and they have been playing supportive roles by lending technical support to the Scheme.

“My beloved children in the national service, it is imperative that I inform you that this orientation course is a special one as we have to observe all the protocols of COVID -19.”

“My distinguished and patriotic members of the service corps, NYSC in her bid to make graduates captains of industries, entrepreneurs and be self employed came up with life changing programme that will make you self reliant during and after that service year.

“I am encouraging you to enrol for the in-camp training where some skills and vocations would be handled by highly competent trainers and facilitators.”

Oath of Allegiance was administered on 1072 prospective corps members deployed to Ondo State and 212 dislodged from Lagos State, by the state Chief Judge, represented by Justice Feyisayo Kuteyi.