Governor Aliyu Promises Corps Members Enhanced Welfare

Governor of Sokoto State, Ahmed Aliyu, at the swearing-in of the 2024 Batch A stream 2 corps members at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Wamakko has pledged enhanced welfare for National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state.

Represented by the chief of staff, Government House, Aminu Dikko, the governor said the scheme has over the years played a vital role in enhancing national integration, social, cultural and physical development of the country and urged the corps members to sustain the tempo.

He enjoined them to be in the vanguard of promoting national unity in line with the fundamental objectives of the scheme and promised to prioritise their security and welfare irrespective of any part of the state they are posted to.

“You know the security challenges in the country now but I assure you that your security is guaranteed here in Sokoto State,” he said.

Aliyu urged them to imbibe discipline and promote tolerance and understanding among all Nigerians in addition to becoming change agents that would solve the nation’s problems and challenges.

The chairperson, NYSC Governing Board and permanent secretary, Ministry for Youths, Sport and Social Development, Alhaji Bello Yusuf, urged the corps members to be disciplined.

In his remarks, the NYSC state coordinator, Alhaji Usman Yakubu Yaro, thanked the governor for his unflinching support and contribution to the scheme.

The chief judge of Sokoto State, Justice Sa’idu Sifawa, represented by Justice Sanusi Shehu administered the oath of allegiance on 1,734 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members deployed to Sokoto and Zamfara states, comprising of 646 males and 614 females for Sokoto while 285 males and 189 females are for Zamfara State.