The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Ondo State, Mrs. Kuburat Omowumi Bakare has challenged the graduate youths to rise up to the challenges designed to take the country out of its present status.
According to her, the NYSC Scheme has designed a policy to integrate corps members into the mainstream of camp activities, thereby exposing them to the rudiments of leadership during the service year.
The State Coordinator made this known at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare-Akoko while inaugurating the three Corps Camp Directors who will act as the go-between the management and corps members.
Bakare, during the event that coincided with the flag-off of Lecture series charged the elected members of the service corps to represent their colleagues very well, and not see the conferred status as an opportunity to rub shoulders with camp administrators.
"Your mandate is purely an advisory role, in which you will interprete the NYSC policy to your colleagues, gauge their reactions and feed the management promptly, and not a position you think places you above your peers and contemporaries. We are training you for future leadership positions and not making you superior corps members".
The Coordinator who, during the said event, also inaugurated the Camp Court, enjoined the members to discharge their sensitive responsibility in line with best global practices.
The Committee which had Camp Director ,Camp Commandant, Resident Officer 1, Heads of Police, NSCDC, Man O' War, Corps Lawyer and two Platoon Leaders, in which one must be a Corps Camp Director as members is saddled with the task of prosecuting erring corps members who flout the provisions of the NYSC Act and Bye-Law.
Flagging-off the Lecture series, the State Coordinator advised the corps members to have their writing materials by their side so that they would have the opportunity to tap from the wealth of experience of the invited seasoned guest lecturers and NYSC staff who will take them through the Scheme's Branches/Units lectures.
She implored them to be attentive at all times, and put away their phones which may serve as distractions during the lectures, which according to her will transform their lives if they genuinely embrace the concept .
The Overview of the National Youth Service Corps was handled by the Head, Lectures and Language, Mr. Olaoluwa Sunday Omotade, who advised the members of the service corps to come together and fashion out practical ways to help the country overcome its challenges.
Omotade, who dwelt on the historical background of the noble Scheme, charged the corps members to put on their critical thinking cap and discuss passionately the best approach or methods that will assist corps members to contribute to national development.
ESCHEW ALL EXPLOITATIVE TENDENCIES
- Bakare, Ondo Coordinator instructs Camp Market operators
The NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs. Kuburat Omowumi Bakare has instructed the camp market operators to eschew all forms of exploitative tendencies when dealing with corps members.
The State Coordinator made the appeal when she had interactive parley with them at the market, saying that NYSC considered the operators as integral part of the camp administration.
Bakare, who disclosed that her administration would not condone any act of compromise that would dent the good image of the Scheme, insisted that anyone who put the corps members in harm's way will be decamped, blacklisted and handed over to security agencies for prosecution.
She said that the meeting became imperative because of some reports she got that some camp market operators were taking advantage of the corps members being visitors to shortchange them.
"When I took over the administration of the NYSC Ondo State, two months ago, I made it known that I am ready to dialogue with the camp market operators to arrive at a common ground, while maintaining the status quo, but now, some recalcitrant marketers are going beyond limit. I want to say without mincing words that no such unbecoming attitude will be tolerated under my guide".
She continued, 'Apart from having your leadership that would be relating with the management and representing you in decision making, NYSC does not approve any association that is established to take advantage of corps members or take the prices beyond their reach' she warned.
The Coordinator admonished them to keep their environment clean at all times, as this will ward off outbreak of diseases, as well as obey all the rules guiding their engagement, such as wearing aprons, which will make them easily identified.
Contributing, the Camp Director, Mr. Kehinde Oyeniyi Lawal enjoined the marketers to have it at their mind that whatever they do to corps members today, will invariably come back to them, if not today but in the foreseeable future.
Lawal, who spoke philosophically about treating corps members with respect and dignity as they don't know what will happen after camp, said that corps members have been the saving grace and are of huge assistance to some camp market operators in the past, while explaining that they would reap whatever they sow.
The Camp Commandant, Captain Awotoye as well as Head of Police, Supol Samson Ayeni said that they would protect the corps members from shylock marketers while the Head of National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in camp, Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics, Daniel Idoko warned of any complicity, saying that the law will take its course if anyone is apprehended.
The camp market operators promised not to embark on any voyage that will pitch them against the administration. They, however, pleaded with the management to help them look at the critical areas of power and water supply, which the State Coordinator promised to address and update them.
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