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- Reassures members of safety, welfare
From Tony John, Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to be focused, dogged and determined in playing pivotal roles that would uplift the lives of the citizens of the state.
He stated this Wednesday, at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Nonwa-Gbam, Tai Local Government Area, when he declared closed, the 2024 Batch A Stream 1 orientation course for Corps members deployed to the state.
The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Tammy Danagogo, further charged the Corps members to see themselves as elite youths who must be disciplined and patriotic in making positive impacts in their host communities.
“Be a beacon of light in your host communities and have it at the back of your mind always that you owe the people of your host communities the responsibility to serve well, especially by being role models.”
Fubara used the occasion to reassure the Corps members that his administration will continue to place their security and welfare as a top priority.
In an address, the State Coordinator NYSC Rivers State, Mr George Mfongang, informed the governor that the Corps members had been adequately equipped with character, capacity and competence to excel and contribute meaningfully well in their Places of Primary Assignment (PPA) across the 23 Local Government Areas of the state.
He expressed confidence that the Corps members would promote and entrench peace, equity, social justice, love and mutual respect amongst citizens of the state as nation builders.
Mr. Mfongang speaking further, thanked governor Fubara for paying state allowance to all Corps members in the state and appealed to them to reciprocate the gesture by being exceptional and exemplary in their service to the people.
A total of 1676 Corps members made up of 858 males and 812 females successfully completed the orientation exercise in the state.
