The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said on Friday in Abuja, that COVID-19 had negatively affected lives, homes and children in many.
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, said on Friday in Abuja, that COVID-19 had negatively affected lives, homes and children in many ways.
Aliyu made the remarks at the Grand Finale of the 2021 FCT Children’s Day Celebration held at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre for Arts and Culture.
She expressed sadness that some children lost their parents to the pandemic while the nation’s economy had been drastically impacted.
The minister warned that if the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children is not immediately addressed, it could last a lifetime.
NYSC inaugurates maiden edition of D-G’s CDS award
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Thursday in Abuja, inaugurated the maiden edition of the Director-General’s Community Development Service (CDS) award.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, at the inauguration of the CDS activities for 2021, said that it was to revive the commitment of youth corps members to the scheme.
Ibrahim said that “the idea behind the award is to spur corps members and CDS officers to wake up from their slumber and realise that CDS is no longer business as usual.”