NYSC AT 46: Gowon Lauds FG for Offering Automatic Employment to Corpers

  • Gowon lauds the Federal Government for continuing the scheme.
  • Appeals to state governments to provide and maintain facilities at the NYSC Orientation Camps.

Former Military President, General Yakubu Gowon has said the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has stood the test of time, 46 years after it was created.

Recall that the scheme was created by Gowon administration to foster national unity, in a bid to heal the wounds the nation suffered at the end of Nigeria’s civil war which lasted for three months.

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Gowon who noted that the scheme had instilled the spirit of selfless service in successive batches of corps members who participated in the service across the country, lauded the Gowon the Federal Government for granting automatic employment and scholarship to 168 recipients of the NYSC President’s Honours Award recipients.

Speaking during a visit to his residence in Abuja by the Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, the former head of state lauded the involvement of the scheme in this year’s general elections and urged NYSC workers to sustain the scheme.

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While appealing to state governments to provide and maintain facilities at the NYSC Orientation Camps, Gowon also praised the management of the NYSC for mentoring graduates towards becoming responsible leaders in the society.

On the ones given automatic employment, he congratulated them for their selfless services to the country through the scheme, saying it had exposed them to the diverse cultures across Nigeria.

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