1,519 corps members begin orientation in Kaduna

Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 registered National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members totalling 1,519 have begun orientation for the 2022 service year in Kaduna State.

The State Coordinator of NYSC, Abel Oche, disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of Batch B in Kaduna.

According to him, the number comprises 612 males and 907 females, adding that the members will undergo leadership and self-defence training, as well as paramilitary drills.

In his remarks, Governor Nasir el-Rufai, represented by the Commissioner for Human Development and Social Services, Hafsat Baba, described the NYSC as a call to national service.

“It is a call for selfless service and personal sacrifice. You should all continue in that spirit of rendering dedicated service to the nation like other patriotic young Nigerians,” she said, urging the corps members to take the entrepreneurship training seriously to tackle unemployment in the country.

She assured them of the state government’s readiness to protect them throughout their stay in the state.