The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah, says the scheme is reviewing the conduct of previous orientation courses with a view to improving their performances.
He said this on Thursday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Batch B Pre-orientation Course workshop, with the theme “Repositioning the Critical Components of the Orientation Course Content to Address Prevailing Challenges”
According to Fadah, the theme underscores the organization’s determination to address identified challenges and adopt best practices in a bid to make the exercise more impactful.
“I am pleased to report that, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges of the operating environment, we have continued to conduct orientation exercises successfully.
“We remain committed to working closely with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), State Ministries of Health and other stakeholders to sustain the safe and efficient conduct of the orientation and other aspects of our operations.”
Fadah also appreciated the support of Nigerians for the proposed NYSC Trust Fund, whose Bill for the establishment has already been passed by the House of Representatives.
He said that he was confident that it would not be long before the Senate gives its concurrence.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Alhaji Muhammad Bello, said that he was positive that the workshop would serve as an avenue for the management of the NYSC, collaborating with partners and key camp officials to review the previous orientation courses.
This, he said, was with the view to improving performance in subsequent ones by mapping strategies and programmes for hitch-free orientation courses.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the course of the workshop, participants will review the previous orientation exercises, especially the challenges encountered and the best practices for them to improve on in forthcoming orientation courses.
It is expected that at the end of the workshop, far-reaching resolutions that would guide the execution of the forthcoming orientation courses would be agreed upon. (NAN).
