By Stellamaries Amuwa
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has charged Corps members to uphold the core values of the Scheme.
He gave the charge on separate occasions while addressing the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps members, who are currently undergoing orientation course at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ede, Osun State and the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.
The DG averred that the virtues of selfless service, patriotism, integrity, efficiency, commitment and team work had been the pillars that kept the Scheme waxing strong since its establishment in 1973, adding that the present and future Corps members must continue to imbibe them in order to sustain the legacies of its founding fathers.
He reminded them that the essence of establishing the NYSC was to foster national unity, integration and development through harnessing of the intellectual prowess and ingenuity of the country’s young graduates. He reiterated that they had the responsibility to continue the task of nation building from where their predecessors stopped, adding: “As stated in the NYSC Anthem, Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve: it is our responsibility to develop our country. We cannot expect foreigners to come and build our nation for us.”
The DG enjoined them to face all the orientation course activities with zeal, stressing that they were aimed at giving them better knowledge of Nigeria as a country and preparing them for the tasks that await them during and beyond the service year.
He, therefore, implored the them to internalize every bit of the physical, mental and intellectual skills being imparted during the exercise so as to have fulfilling and rewarding experience.
