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From Tony John, Port Harcourt
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (retd) has tasked newly posted members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to “promote moral and ethical values” in everything they do, especially now that they have been formally inducted and sworn in into the scheme.
He stated this on Friday at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Nonwa-Gbam, in Tai Local Government Area (LGA), during the swearing in ceremony of 2025 Batch B Stream I Corps members deployed to Rivers State.
Ibas, represented by the Secretary to the State Government and Chairman NYSC State Governing Board, Prof. Ibibia Lucky Worika charged the Corps members to align themselves with his administration’s character reformation agenda by building a society full of “integrity, mutual rust, and discipline.”
He assured the Corps members of the commitment of his administration to their security and welfare, noting that “1000 pieces of brand new mattresses and general renovation of hostels will be imminently carried out by his government to create a conducive camping environment for them.
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Earlier, the State Coordinator NYSC Rivers State, Mr. Moses Oleghe, had enjoined the Corps members to see themselves as the “custodians of the hopes of Nigerians” in building a nation of peace and economic prosperity.
Furthermore, Mr. Oleghe charged the Corps members to change their mindset from negative perception of the country and become “agents of positive change, builders of bridges of national unity and integration as well as torchbearers of a brighter future.”
The administration of the oath of allegiance was administered by Justice Weli Amadi Chechey, who represented the Chief Judge of Rivers State.
A total of 2,002 Corps members were sworn in at the occasion comprising 804 males and 1198 females.
