NYSC begins administration of COVID-19 vaccine to corps members
The National Youth Service has officially started administering Covid-19 vaccine to corps members across the country.
In an announcement on Monday, the NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated that the administration of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is currently ongoing at the NYSC secretariats nationwide.
During the pre-orientation briefing to the Batch A Stream One corps members, the NYSC had asked them to register for the COVID-19 test on its portal and to present their slips to their camp for the vaccine collection.
The Monday announcement has confirmed that the vaccination had finally begun.
NYSC To Consider Deploying Corps Members To Ghana, Other West African States
Obono stated that the advantages of Nigerian corps members deployed across the West African sub-region would include the vast reduction of unemployment among the youths as well as regional exposure.
by Saharareporters, New York
Apr 16, 2021
The National Youth Service Corps may consider deploying corps members to the 16 member states of the Economic Community of West African States Corps, going by one of the suggestions offered at its top management retreat in Niger State.
A lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Oka Obono, gave the proposition to the NYSC top management during the retreat in Suleja, while delivering his lecture titled; “Strategies for Sustaining the NYSC in a Changing World.”
Some States Lack Standard Orientation Camps, Adequate Lodges – NYSC Laments
The NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated that some states are also yet to have a permanent orientation camp
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 07, 2021
The National Youth Service Corps has expressed worries that some states in the country still have obsolete and aged facilities in their orientation camps as well as inadequate corps lodges and office accommodation.
The NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated that some states are also yet to have a permanent orientation camp, while some other states have failed to release the statutory subvention to the NYSC Secretariats to function.
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Board Vehicles From Only Motor Parks Over Insecurity, NYSC Warns Corps Members
The scheme on Tuesday noted that corps members should also be security conscious and enter vehicles only at designated motorparks in their respective states of posting.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 16, 2021
The National Youth Service Corps has advised corps members not to embark on journeys outside their states of posting without the permission of their state coordinators.
The scheme on Tuesday noted that corps members should also be security conscious and enter vehicles only at designated motorparks in their respective states of posting.
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The NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, stated these while advising corps members at Nasarawa and Benue states camps to embark on tangible Community Development Service to qualify them for the honours at the state and presidential levels.