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By Adewale Banjo
Executive Secretary of Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), Abike Bayo-Ilawole, has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) management that it would prioritise the welfare of corps members posted to the commission.
She gave the assurance when she hosted the NYSC, Ondo State Coordinator, Sam Pepple, at the commission’s administrative headquarters, Oba-Ile, in the outskirts of the state capital.
Administrative head of the commission said OSOPADEC is entrusted with the responsibility of socio-economic welfare of the mandate areas and intervenes in the development of oil producing and impacted communities in Ondo State.
According to her, the commission continually seeks to improve access and quality of education of mandate areas by executing programmes to further strengthen and increase the teaching workforce.
She said corps members would widen their horizon and expand their capacity while serving in the mandate areas, which, according to her, would enhance the educational responsiveness of students in the affected communities.
The OSOPADEC boss promised that the commission would utilise the services of corps members maximally and equally cater to their needs as a means to motivate them to increase their productivity.
Earlier, Pepple said the commission previously engaged the services of corps members in schools within the mandate areas but had stopped for some time now.
The state coordinator, while promising to put the services of corps members at the disposal of the commission for the educational advancement of the mandate areas, asserted that NYSC would create a strong synergy with the commission to improve the quality of life of rural dwellers.
The NYSC helmsman reiterated the commitment of the scheme to assist the commission in achieving its core mandate and explained that OSOPADEC should equally fulfil its corporate social responsibility to enhance the operations of the scheme in the state.
He said both reputable organisations have things to benefit from each other and called for more robust and deepening relationships.
