The
Lagos State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme,
Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, has said that the N500 levy being collected from
each corps member is not a means of extortion but their own
contribution to the NYSC Foundation.
Adenike
gave this clarification during a chat after the swearing-in ceremony
for the 2,151 corps members deployed to the state for the 2013 Batch B
scheme against the backdrop of allegation that the state NYSC was
extorting money from corps member.
“It
is not true that NYSC has been extorting money from corps members, that
is not just possible. The N500 levy per corps member is just their own
contribution to the NYSC Foundation and it is known to them and even the
management of the scheme. And the money is collected when the corps
members are passing out. Corps members are our children, we cannot do
that to them; those who are saying that are ignorant,” she said.
During
the ceremony, the NYSC boss urged the deployed corps members to use
their service year in promoting national unity and integration.
Earlier,
she had urged new corps members deployed to the state for the 2013
Batch B scheme to use their service year to promote national unity and
integration.
“You should avail
yourselves of this once in a lifetime opportunity an experience and
assimilate all training modules as packaged for your development. We
cannot always build the future for our youth but we can build our youth
for the future”.
“You have to be
very proud that the NYSC you are enlisting into today has after 40 years
of existence become a household name and provides an answer to youth
development and productivity. NYSC has become a globally recognised
platform for participants to gain practical, experiential knowledge
before facing the challenges of the real world,” she said.
Adenike
added that the expected outcome of the exercise in the corps members
include increased levels of self-confidence, caring, networking and good
character and competence and she urged the corp members to obey camp
rules and regulations.
She further
thanked the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) for his
support, assistance, love and consistency he has been demonstrating for
the realisation of the objectives of the scheme but however, pleaded
with the governor to urgently provide the state NYSC with a befitting
permanent orientation camp as this would help the NYSC to be able to
accommodate the ever-increasing population of corps members being
deployed to the state.
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