National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has promised a workable relationship with its critical partners and other stakeholders in conducting orientation courses and other aspects of the scheme’s operations.
The director-general of the NYSC, Brig-Gen Olakunle Nafiu, stated this at the 2025 Batch ‘B’ pre-orientation workshop opening ceremony in Lafia, Nasarawa State.
Nafiu, who said the workshop served as a platform for NYSC management and other key stakeholders in the orientation activities to review the previous orientation course, added that the goal was to improve NYSC operations for future sessions.
In a press statement by the acting director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, Gen. Nafiu said the periodic conduct of pre-orientation workshop was borne out of NYSC management’s determination to ensure the continuous improvement of the orientation course contents with a view to equipping the corps members adequately for the enormous task of nation-building.
He said the orientation course must continue to serve as a platform for instilling discipline, patriotism, and unity, values that are non-negotiable in nation-building, amid distractions and competing interests.
Nasarawa State governor Abdullahi Sule opened the workshop with the theme “Maintaining the Integrity of the Orientation Course in the Face of Competing Interests” and pledged continued support to the NYSC.
He said that since the NYSC’s inception in 1973, it has been playing a pivotal role in national development, community development, healthcare services, public policy awareness, educational interventions, and participation in national exercises such as elections and censuses, among others, which have earned Nigeria accolades both domestically and internationally.
He described the NYSC as a cornerstone of collective aspirations that needed the support of all stakeholders.
The governor, who was represented by the acting governor, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, appreciated the invaluable contributions of corps members to the state in healthcare delivery, community development projects, environmental sanitation and socioeconomic services.
“It is crucial that we continue to provide unwavering support to the scheme, building upon its achievements across all sectors of national development. We are dedicated to infrastructural development, creating an enabling environment for our youths to thrive,” the governor said.
He urged the NYSC to innovate further and cement its roles in national development to earn greater admiration from Nigerians.
In his introductory address, the director of Planning, Research, and Statistics, Dr Ahmed Wada Ikaka, said the orientation camp, being the first point of contact for the corps members, creates a lasting impression on them, hence the need to make it a worthwhile and impactful lifetime experience.
