The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Ondo State, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani has charged the camp officials to provide qualitative and purposeful leadership to corps members.
The State Coordinator made the charge during the Steering Committee meeting, a body which comprises of all the Heads of Assignments from both NYSC and collaborating agencies.
Ani, who hinted that such leadership should be evident during attendance at programmes, activities, mode of dressing and in our utterances.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, these corps members see us as the mirror of the Scheme and as such, we should be seen to be showing all seriousness that will spur them to emulate us. Attendance at programmes as well as our level of comportment, devoid of any distracting tendencies says a lot about our personalities and I want to urge us to work on these areas that we are deficient in so that we can earn respect from them' she appealed.
The NYSC Ondo State boss who clarified that she may not have directed her statement at anyone, appealed to the Heads to interface with their subordinates and those working with them as their attitude dictate a lot to the psyche of the members of the service corps.
"An instance where some camp officials are uncourteous, uncoordinated and behave irrationally towards assignments, the corps members will not take us seriously and our mandate is to mentor them into becoming the Nigerians we can be proud of in all ramifications in a foreseeable future".
She appreciated the committee heads for living up to expectations since the commencement of the orientation course and admonished them not to let down their guards.
"I am fond of saying that I do not know anyone here through the organisation or institution they represent but the identity we carry as camp officials. I want to acknowledge the synergy which has assisted us a great deal in the first week and I pray and hope that you sustain the tempo because it is not over until it is over".
The State Coordinator charged them to be more alive to their responsibility in the second week as more activities will be unfolding which required absolute attention and full participation by all and sundry.
Reviewing the activities of the first week, the Camp Director, Mrs. Adejoke Ayodele Fasola said that everyone has fundamental roles to perform so that the contents of the orientation course would be creditably achieved.
Fasola, who is the Assistant Director in chare of Corps Discipline and Rewards Branch of the Secretariat enjoined all to take each programme or activity seriously beginning with Morning Meditation, lectures, sporting activities as well as social events that capped each day's activities.
The Camp Director charged those who are given ad-hoc assignments to handle the job diligently as management considered their capacity before placing such responsibility in their hand.
Briefs were received from the Heads on their assignments while the State Coordinator in her opening remarks urged the participants at the meeting to live by the reality of the present times when presenting their requests.
The State Coordinator while rounding up the meeting said that if the camp officials maintained high integrity and are dutiful in their assignments, the corps members will not have any other option than to behave well.
"As we all know that discipline is our watchword, let us daily live by it as it is our collective responsibility to ensure that none of the corps members drift into social vices. Play your part very well and correct in love so that your corrections will be taken in good faith" she concluded.
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