TheGavel: Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has advised National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to utilize the opportunities for self-employment offered through the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) program. Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Batch B Stream II NYSC orientation course in Damare, Girei Local Government, Fintiri emphasized the importance of self-reliance in the face of scarce white-collar jobs.
“My administration focuses on four critical areas of need: education, healthcare, agriculture, and rural development, and that perfectly coincides with the posting policy of the NYSC scheme,” Fintiri said, represented by his deputy, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta. “I urge you to take the skills acquisition training seriously, as it is on record that over 3.5 million corps members have so far been empowered in different vocations with skills, startup capital, and other business incentives.”
The governor also advised corps members to be security conscious and take advantage of the 41 luxurious buses purchased by the state government to ease transportation. “I urge you to be security conscious and follow the personal security tips you are going to be exposed to by the security experts in the course of your security lectures,” he added.
Mr. Samson Ateli, NYSC Adamawa Coordinator, also emphasized the significance of the orientation course in preparing corps members for their service and post-service years. “The orientation course is meant to prepare you physically and mentally for your expected contributions to the progress and development of our fatherland as well as individual feats in the service and post-service years,” he said. “The oath of allegiance, which you have just taken, is solemn. I implore you to always find time to meditate over its spirit and letters and be guided by the same throughout the service year and beyond.”
Ateli thanked Gov. Fintiri and other stakeholders for their support and contribution to the scheme in the state. The orientation course has so far registered no fewer than 892 corps members, comprising 528 males and 364 females.
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