The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) provides services worth over ₦14 billion annually to Lagos State, the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has revealed.

General Nafiu made the disclosure during a courtesy visit to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Government House in Marina, Lagos.

He noted the economic value contributed by more than 44,000 Corps Members deployed across the state, including 333 medical doctors, 306 pharmacists, 274 nurses, and 7,188 teachers.

According to him, Lagos was the number one destination for Corps Members, noting that their parents were also comfortable with it, citing the relative security of the state.

The Director General said that the purpose of his visit was to acknowledge the support of the Lagos State Government to the Scheme, cement the already cordial relationship, and reassure the Governor that NYSC would continue to deploy an adequate number of Corps Members to serve in the state.

He commended the Governor for carrying out critical renovation work at the temporary camp, Iyana-Ipaja, even as work at the 10,000-capacity Permanent Orientation Camp was ongoing.

He said the Scheme looked forward to when the camp would be completed so that Corps Members deployed to Lagos would camp in the same location rather than follow the prevailing practice of dislodging some of them to contiguous camps.

The DG requested that the Secretariat be provided with an ambulance and urged the Governor to sustain the other areas of support for the Scheme, which he said provided much-needed operational support to the State formation.