The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has charged Corps members to uphold the core values of the Scheme.
The NYSC DG gave the charge on Monday while addressing the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream One Corps members at the Osun State NYSC orientation camp, Ede.
General Nafiu stated that the virtues of selfless service, patriotism, integrity, efficiency, commitment and teamwork had been the pillars that kept the Scheme waxing strong since its establishment in 1973, adding that the present and future Corps members must continue to imbibe them in order to sustain the legacies of its founding fathers.
He reminded the corps members that the essence of establishing the NYSC was to foster national unity, integration and development through harnessing the intellectual prowess and ingenuity of the country’s young graduates.
General Nafiu stressed that the corps members have the responsibility to continue the task of nation-building from where their predecessors stopped.
He added, “As stated in the NYSC Anthem, Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve: it is our responsibility to develop our country. We cannot expect foreigners to come and build our nation for us.”
Nafiu advised the Corps members to adapt to the new environments they would find themselves in after the orientation exercise, just as he urged them to respect the customs and traditions of their host communities in order to attract goodwill from them.
Earlier in his remarks, NYSC Osun State Coordinator, Mr. Ekeng Ita Kubiangha, said the 1,864 Corps members registered in the camp were well behaved and taking active part in all activities.
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