Adamawa: Gov Fintiri tasks Corps Members on Skill acquisition
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa on Tuesday urged National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be serious with camp activities, especially the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Programme.
Fintiri, represented by Commissioner, Ministry of Youth Affairs, Aloysius Babadoke, made the call while declaring open the 2021 ‘B’ Stream II orientation course at Damare orientation camp, Yola.
“Be serious and actively participate in all the camp programmes and activities, of particular importance here is tintoED Programme.
“I strongly enjoin you all to key in to this laudable programme that has lifted millions of your predecessors out of poverty and made them not only self-reliant but job creators,” he said.
The governor prom-themed to continue improving the camp facilities to make it conducive, secure and convenient for successful orientation.
In his address, the state NYSC Coordinator, Malam Ibrahithe m Tukur, charged the corps members to understand that SAED programme was meant to prepare corps members for self-employment and wealth creation.
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He urged them to avail themselves of the opportunity, instead of joining the ranks of white-collar dates scouting for the rarely available white collar jobs.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 1,200 corps members comprising 646 male and 554 female were sworn-in for flagged off
At the end of the swearing-in, the NYSC flagged-off tree a plantinsavingmpaign in the camp as part of its contribution to save the environment.
