9 Corps Members Penalized,To Repeat Service In Imo

Alh. Suleman Abdul, State Director, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in Imo said that nine corps members deployed to the state would have their services extended for going against the rules and regulations of the scheme.

Abdul made this known at the passing out ceremony of the 2019 Batch ‘C’ Stream 1 corps members in Imo held in Owerri.

He said the management of the scheme would always reward and encourage corps members that lived up to expectations but reprimand those that eered.

The state director said that a total of 1,279 corps members passed out from the 2019 batch.

He said they would receive their certificates of national service in the 27 local government areas of the state.

He said that nine corps members deployed to the state would have their services extended for going against the rules and regulations of the NYSC.

Abdul said that a good number of the corps members added value to the people in their respective places of primary assignment and host communities and would be rewarded in due time for their exemplary conduct.

He congratulated them for discharging their duties mertoriously and wished them well in their future endeavours.

The Director, NYSC South East Area Office, Alh. Ahmed Ikaka who was in the state to monitor the exercise enjoined the out going corps members to remain disciplined, committed, steadfast and resourceful as they began their post service journey.

He urged them to avoid people with questionable character in the various communities or endeavours they would find themselves.

Ikaka also urged them to make concerted efforts to put into good use all the things they had learnt from the scheme especially from the Skill Aquisition and Enterpreneurship Development (SAED) programme.