Kazaure (R) present NYSC publication to Ayade (L)
Abdullahi Yuguda|27 October 2016
The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Sulaiman Kazaure, has praised the Governors of Bauchi, Gombe, Taraba and Zamfara state for providing additional camps for hosting of 2016 Batch 'B' Orientation course for corps members deployed to states with security challenges.
He made the commendation at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Batch 'B' Pre-Orientation workshop in Calabar on early this week.
The gesture will allow Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba states to hosts two camps simultaneously – one for corps members that will be deployed to them and the other for Corps members that will be deployed to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states respectively.
In the case of Zamfara state, both the Permanent Orientation camp and the additional camp will host corps members deployed to the state because number of Corps members will be above the capacity of the permanent one.
Kazaure stressed the need for the three tiers of government to live up to their statutory roles in the operations of the scheme as a panacea for addressing the challenges of obsolete, dilapidated and inadequate state of facilities in most orientation camps.
"We are encouraged, however, by the efforts of the federal government at providing funds in spite of obvious financial constraints.
"In particular, I wish to thank Mr. President for making it possible for all graduates to be mobilized for service in 2016," he said.
The Director-General said the current Management of the scheme was encouraging public-private partnership to complement the efforts of federal and state governments towards enhancing all aspects of its operations
He said the choice of the theme of the workshop: "Strengthening the Orientation Programme for Effective Service Delivery" was informed by the Management's resolve to reposition the scheme to respond adequately to demands of the current times.
He added that the orientation course content was being restructured to align with the current needs of the youths.
The DG used the occasion to express gratitude to the Cross Rivers State government for its support during orientation course and winding-up , and passing-out exercises as well as the provision of drugs for the scheme's Health initiative.
Earlier in an introductory remarks, the Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Chief Anthony Ani, said the workshop would highlight observations made during the 2016 Batch 'A' orientation course, especially the challenges and best practices that came from it.
Ani also said resolutions of the workshop would add value and enhance the smooth conduct of the 2016 Batch 'B' Orientation course.
Abdullahi Yuguda
Writes from Calabar
