Odoba made the call at the opening ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘B’ stream II orientation course for the corps members deployed to state at the NYSC permanent orientation camp in Iseyin, Oyo state, on Friday.
The state coordinator said engaging the youth for one year in the task of nation building was quite a laudable programme.
He noted the scheme had been running for the past 50 years.
“NYSC programme plays a pivotal role in introducing the participants to the scheme and their host state.
“In consonance with the overall objectives of the NYSC, the corps members have their first contact with the people and the culture of their host communities at the orientation camp.
“As part of our efforts to draw the community close to us, we have sent out invitation letters to the various local government areas (LGAs) requesting that they make their presence felt at the camp.
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“They have the opportunity to showcase their ocal government to the corps members here on camp.
“We hosted a few of the local government chairmen during the orientation exercise for the 2023 Batch B stream one corps members.
“I, therefore, wish to use this opportunity to appeal to our local government chairmen that have not been part of our programme to embrace this window of opportunity by honouring our invitation,” he said.
Earlier, Gov. Oluwaseyi Makinde of Oyo State while declaring the orientation programme open charged the corps members on hard work, discipline and commitment.
Makinde who was represented by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. AbdulWaheed Soliu, said orientation course comprises scheduled activities designed as the first step to prepare corps members for the task of nation building.
“I want to let you know that answering the clarion call behoves a responsibility of hard work, discipline and commitment to the quest for national development and Oyo state in particular.
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“One key component of the orientation course is the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme in which you must participate actively in order to acquire the skills and trainings that will lift you far above the unabated youth unemployment confronting the country.
“The SAED programme is geared toward handing you the opportunity to escape the arduous experience of crisscrossing the corners and crevices of the nation for the ever elusive job after the service year.
“Therefore, I expect you to brace up and rise to the challenge with a mindset of sacrifice, dedication, persistence and humility, “he said.
It was learnt that the opening ceremony featured the administration of oath of allegiance on the 2,444 corps members comprising 771 males and 1,673 females by the Chief Judge of Oyo state, Hon. Justice Iyabo Yerima.
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