The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has expressed worries over the increasing rejection and under-utilisation of corps members by employers.
Ibrahim spoke while declaring open the 2021 corps workshop with the theme, ‘Optimising the NYSC/corps employers partnership for national development in the context of the new normal’ in Minna, Niger State, on Wednesday.
Ibrahim, who was represented by Bolade Omolayo, Director, NYSC North Central Area Office, also cautioned employers against aiding corps members’ rejection and inadequate protection and security.
“Other shortcomings by corps employers were exposure of corps members to COVID-19 risks, inhuman treatment in workplaces and delay in issuance of final clearance to deserving corps members at the end of the service year, lack of support for corps members’ Community Development Service projects and inappropriate usage of the recently introduced NYSC ICT Apps.”
In his address, Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger State, represented by Alhaji Ahmed Matane, Secretary to the State Government, warned corps employers against rejection of corps members and urged them to
assign responsibilities to them as well as tap on their knowledge in areas of Information Communication Technology.
(NAN).
