The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commissioned North Central Skills Acquisition and Entreprenuership Department (SAED) as well as garment, bakery and water factories, in Keffi, Nasarawa State to boost the country’s internally generated revenue (IGR).

The garment factory is equipped with over 100 industrial sewing machines and other equipment needed for the production of high quality kits for corps members, while the water factory has three packaging lines for the production of table and dispenser water.

Speaking at the commissioning of the factories in Keffi, on Monday, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa thanked the Director-General of NYSC, Maj-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, for redefining and reinvigorating the scheme as a whole, while stressing the need for skill acquisition.

The governor said: “You have done wonderfully. I have attended several of your events, one of which was the opportunity to visit the NYSC museum you established.

“You came in and redefined NYSC. You set up a museum, acquisition centres across the country and, today, you have been able to have a revenue-generating NYSC, making returns to the Federal Government for the first time in the history of NYSC.”

On his part, lbrahim said the inauguration of the new factories has shown the commitment of the scheme in expanding its revenue generation platforms.

He said: “They will also serve as additional training avenues for corps members enrol for relevant vocational skills under the SAED programme. This complex is also unique in the sense that it has the highest number of NYSC factories located in the same place.”