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Youth minister vows to Transform NYSC
Newsdiaryonline Fri July
22,2011
Honorable Minister,
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi inspecting a Guard of Honour at the NYSC
Orientation camp in Keffi, Nassarawa State
Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the
honorable minister of youth development has promised to
embark on urgent reform of the National Youth Service Corps
scheme to ensure that it is more efficient, effective and can
play major role in the transformation agenda of President
Goodluck Jonathan.
The Honorable Minister who stated this today (Friday, July 22,
2011) during his visit of the NYSC Orientation Camp in Keffi,
Nasarawa State pledged to take the scheme to the next level and
ensure that it fulfils the current needs and expectations of the
country.
“When the NYSC was founded about 38 years ago, our primary need
of it at that time was national integration. That purpose
is still relevant, but in addition to that there is need to
build an NYSC of national transformation”, he said. The
Honourable Minister explained that the new NYSC will “create
values and serve the current needs of our people.”
Mallam Abdullahi commended the corps members for their
enthusiasm and restated his belief that the youths represent the
greatest asset of the nation. “Our greatest resource is not oil,
but you –the youths,” he told the excited corps members who
welcomed him at the camp. He further explained that the
President is eager to harness this great potential.
At an interactive session with corps members, Mallam Abdullahi
promised to engage state governments and other relevant
government agencies regarding the welfare and security of corps
members, and assured participants of the NYSC scheme of
continuous government support.
The Minister who inspected facilities in the camp was taken
around by the Nassarawa State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mr.
Steven Akinola Alabi and other top officials of the scheme.
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