1,396 corps members deployed to Yobe

No fewer than 1,396 corps members under the 2018 Batch ‘B’ deployed to Yobe have taken oath of office to serve the state patriotically and diligently during their one-year compulsory service.

Mrs Grace Adzer, the State NYSC Coordinator, on Thursday tasked the corps members to take all aspects of the orientation course with seriousness as it would prepare them to be stable physically, mentally and emotionally.

“The course content of the programme is designed and streamlined to instil in you essential leadership qualities for future challenges,” she said.

Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe, represented by Alhaji Muhammad Ngoma, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Youth, Sport and Social Development, urged the corps members to remain steadfast and serve the country with commitment.

“I urged you to be determined to not only emulate your predecessors in the scheme but to surpass their achievements in all areas of human endeavours.

“The aim of establishment of the scheme would be defeated if you do not integrate freely with the members of your host communities and actively participate in their development efforts,” the governor said.

This is another batch of corps members accepting to serve in the insurgency ravaged state following the restoration of security.

Some corps members posted to the three most affected states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa for the national service had declined to report for or participate in the exercise.

It would be recalled that the NYSC management had also suspended the deployment corps members to the state at the height of Boko Haram attacks until lately.