The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigade General O.O Nafiu, has charged corps members to exhibit topnotch discipline at camp and their place of primary assignment. The NYSC DG also warned the corps members not to travel at night, respect the culture of the people of the host community, embrace SAED, save from their allowance, start a business and be security conscious at all times.
Nafiu gave this charge on Monday, June 23, 2025, when he visited the 2025 Batch A Stream II corps members deployed to Rivers State, at NYSC permanent orientation camp, Nonwa-Gbam Tai. He enjoined them to, “build bridges of sustainable friendship across ethnic and cultural divide, rather than limiting themselves to myopic attachment to wall of ethnicity, tribalism and religion if they want to succeed in life.
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“Develop a deep sense of patriotism by believing in Nigeria and working assiduously to build her to an enviable height. “As elite graduate youths and leaders of tomorrow, you must take responsibility to ensure the country’s growth and development, if you fail to build the country, no one will build it for them.”
The DG concluded by reminding the corps members about the core values and ideals of NYSC, which they must uphold at all times in order to enjoy a seamless service year. Nafiu was joined in the visit by Acting Director on Special Duties, Alhaji Nura Umar, Information and Public Relations, Mrs. Carol Embu and South South Area Office II, Port Harcourt, Mr. Philip Enaberue.
Earlier, the State Coordinator, Mr. Moses Oleghe, informed the DG that “the corps members have been in excellent, outstanding and exemplary in actively participating actively in all camp programmes and activities.” Oleghe listed the issue of collapsing rooftops and ceilings in some hostels, as well as flooding due to improper channelization of water, as some of the major challenges of the camp.
