Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu renewed the hope of the staff and youth corps members in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Lagos when he pledged N5 billion to complete the camp’s permanent site.
The governor, who wore corps member attire, said this after the completion of Stream One Batch B of the corps members, held at the NYSC temporary camp in Iyana Ipaja.
The governor donated N100 million to the NYSC and its support staff and pledged N100,000 to each of the 4,277 corps members.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, who visited the NYSC Orientation Camp for the first time, said he would ensure the permanent site for the NYSC was completed before the end of his administration.
Besides, the governor assured that he would take a particular interest in and monitor the batch passing out of the orientation camp, saying that he would ensure automatic employment in the Lagos State Civil Service for 100 corps members after their one-year national service in the state.
Her enjoined them to give their best to serve the state, saying that job opportunities would be given to those who excelled in their one-year service to the state, irrespective of their discipline and the state they came from.
“One hundred best corps members will get automatic employment, put in your best in serving the state. You will get the job irrespective of where you come from, keep to the rule of NYSC, be the best of who you are, this government will support you. Lagos will help you ensure the best of your life is ahead of you,” the governor said.
Governor Sanwo-Olu charged the corps members always to promote national unity and exemplify high levels of discipline, adding that they should be ready to persevere.
“There are lots of opportunities that we have for you in Lagos. Lagos will provide you the opportunities to excel, Lagos is land of opportunities to excel. Lagos is a land of opportunities, you have the privilege,” he said.
Earlier, the state director of NYSC, Mrs Yetunde Abimbola Baderinwa, said the youth corps members had been trained in skill acquisition and had learnt skill work which would be useful to them in whichever part of the state they were posted to.
Baderinwa said that due to the lack of sufficient accommodation, some of the corps members were posted to Ogun and Osun states for their orientation, disclosing that 65 medical personnel were among them.
She stressed the need for a permanent orientation camp for the NYSC in the state was long overdue, noting, however, that the corps members had exhibited a high level of discipline from the beginning of their course till the end.
