Corps Members have been admonished to explore opportunities created by the NYSC Scheme to give hope to the people in the lower rung of the society.
The NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani made the admonition when she presided over the Inter-Platoon Debate Competition organised by Mind-the-Gap in conjunction with Google Digital System.
Speaking on the theme 'Mentoring Secondary School Leavers in your host communities: A call to Leadership', the State Coordinator wanted the corps members to relate to everyone regardless of their educational standing.
"My dear Gentlemen Corps Members, count yourselves lucky to have attained this present status where all eyes see you as fortunate members of the society who have what it takes to excel and affect people's life positively. You have been mobilised and deployed to change the lives of the downtrodden and not only the people of your class".
"I want you to go into all the nooks and crannies of the state after the orientation course and mentor secondary school students as well as those who are not within the reach of quality education. Give them hope, give them direction and let them know that they can still become what they desire in life only if they remain focused and willing to go the extra mile".
She continued, 'Let me inform you that you have seen the light and you should not keep the light to yourselves or your immediate family alone and for this reason, I commend the organisers of this intelligent and brain-tasking debate for this huge investment which will encourage our secondary school students to work harder to attain their goals'.
The State Coordinator who was represented by the Head, Lectures and Languages, Mr. Emmanuel Sunday Orimolade charged the representatives of the platoons to give their best while at the same time admonished the other corps members to cheer the participants and not their platoons alone.
During the debate, the representatives of all the platoons gave good account of themselves and marshalled their points with professional delivery and this laid credence to one of the objectives of the Scheme which says 'to develop in the Nigeria Youth, the attitudes of mind, acquired through shared experience and suitable training, which will make them more amenable to mobilisation in the national interest'.
At the end of the highly intellectual exercise, number 1 platoon represented by corps member, Mberekpe, Ifeoma Hilda came first while Ariyo, Abolade Peter of number 8 platoon came second and number 9 platoon representative, Odoh, Kosisochi Doris completed the best first three.
The representative of Mind-the-Gap, Mr. Samuel Kolawole appreciated the NYSC for the great job the Scheme is continuously doing at ensuring that members of the service corps are useful to themselves and the nation at large during and after the service year while the moderator of the programme, Mr. Olaoluwa Sunday Omotade wanted the sponsors to invest more in the youths beyond the orientation course.
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