The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has disclosed it will would soon start posting corps members to farms. This disclosure was made by the Director General of the scheme, Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, on Monday. Kazaure said this in an interview with newsmen during his official visit to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu, Ogun. Kazaure’s visit was to inspect facilities at the camp and to familiarise himself with the 2017 Batch ‘A’ Stream I corps members undergoing orientation at the camp. Why corps members will now be posted to farms – NYSC.
According to him, the move to deploy corps members in farms was in line with the agricultural development programme of the NYSC. This is just as the NYSC has concluded preparations to begin the posting at the conclusion of the three-week orientation exercise.
Why corps members will now be posted to farms – NYSC
The DG said, “Bauchi, Oyo, Kebbi and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been earmarked for the pilot phase. It should interest you to know that the NYSC will soon begin its agricultural development scheme where corps members will be posted to farms for their primary assignments. Already the NYSC has acquired active farmlands across the nation’s geopolitical zones with four already fully operational in Kwali, Bauchi, Oyo and Kebbi.
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“After this orientation programme for the Batch ‘A’ corps members, we will begin posting some of them to these farms as a pilot phase. Though we are starting with four states for now, we will integrate the other states as time goes, the project is ongoing,” Kazaure said.
Kazaure said the corps members could begin their journey toward financial independence by tapping into and maximising the benefits of the NYSCs Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme, adding that “The NYSC has provided all the tools and support you need to develop your capacity to the fullest, it now depends on you, there is no short cut to success but by hard work.
“Of all the programmes outlined for you during the orientation, there is none more important that you must fully participate in than the SAED programme. I want you to create your own jobs by being creative and innovative, you must strive to be labour employers rather than labour seekers. Please don’t look for white-collar jobs, your skills and potentials can serve you better in the way of realising your dreams,” he said.
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Kazaure said that the SAED programme was made possible by partnership with public and private sector organisations to build entrepreneurial capacity.
In her remarks, the Ogun Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs Gladys Mbachi, thanked the DG for the visit and emphasis on SAED programme.
She said, “Our objective is to expose their talents to where they fit so that when they go out there, they will be able to build on what we have given them. Already, we are helping the corps members with the SAED programme in earnest.”
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