By Stellamaries Amuwa
President Bola Tinubu has accepted to bestow the NYSC Honours Award for 2020 and 2023 Service years on a total of 210 ex- Corps Members.
The event is slated for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The awardees includes ex-Corps Members who excelled meritoriously in all the four cardinal programmes of the NYSC, namely; Orientation Course, Primary Assignment, Community Development Service and Winding -Up/Passing-Out, in the course of service in 2020 to 2023 Service years.
A statement by Emeka Mgbemena, Director, Media, at NYSC, “others that will also be honoured by the President under the NYSC Hope Alive Initiative are 10 ex-Corps Members that suffered various degrees of permanent disabilities while serving their fatherland.
“The Minister of Youth Development, Comrade Ayodele Olawande; the Director General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu and the entire NYSC Management is trying up processes to welcome the award beneficiaries and guests to the event”.
