12 corps members to repeat service in Kano, service of 32 members extended in Ekiti

Alhaji Ladan Baba, the Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano State, says 12 corps members will repeat the service year for absconding from their places of primary assignment for three months.
He made this known on Friday while presenting the 2016 State Honours Award to outstanding corps members in the state.
Baba, who said that many corps members absconded from their duties without taking  permission from appropriate authorities, added that 28 others would perform different punishments for committing different offences during the period.
He added that five others got warning letters.
The coordinator said 15 corps members excelled during the year by discharging their responsibilities diligently at their places of primary assignment.
He explained that five of those who performed well were in the 2016 Stream I, while 10 were in the 2016 Stream II batch.
According to him, the honoured corps members demonstrated patriotism, selflessness, dedication and commitment during the service year in Kano.
Alhaji Ado Abba, the Chairman, NYSC Governing Board in Kano State, commended the efforts of coordinator “for bringing positive changes to the scheme within your  short stay in the state.”
He urged corps members to be good ambassadors wherever they found themselves in future.
The Chairman also urged them to use the skills they acquired during the service year for the improvement of the country.
One of the honoured corps member, Miss Dorcas Awoluwa, expressed delight over  the award and urged serving members to do their best at all times.
A total of 1,347 completed the mandatory one year service in Kano State.
Also, NYSC has extended the services of 32 corps members in the 2016 Batch A stream 1 posted in Ekiti State to three months for various misconducts such as truancy.
The NYSC Coordinator in Ekiti State, Mrs Eze Ukagha, disclosed this on Friday in Ado-Ekiti during the passing out parade of the remaining 1,380 corps members.
Ukagha said that two out of the 1,422 corps members posted to the state for the batch, however, received state honours award for hard work and commitment to the values of the scheme.
The coordinator said NYSC would not tolerate any act capable of undermining its aims and objectives.
She, however, said during the one year service, the corps members acquired entrepreneurial skills that would enable them to be independent after their service and be employers of labour, rather than job seekers.
Ukagha said that most of the corps members in the batch demonstrated unalloyed patriotism during the service year and were worthy ambassadors of their fatherland
The state coordinator, therefore, called on them to build on the existing foundation of the scheme by contributing their quota to the development of the country.