Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has assured the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) of his administration’s support in positively shaping the future of youths in the country.
Governor Fubara gave the assurance on Tuesday at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Nonwa-Gbam, in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State, during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch B Stream 1 Corps Members deployed to the State.
A statement by the Head of Press Unit, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Juliana Masi, said a total of 1,771 Corps members were sworn-in during the ceremony.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Hamilton Amadi, Sir Fubara noted that he would continue to make conscious effort “to give priority to the welfare of youths by providing them an enabling environment to discover and harness their God-given potentials”.
He commended the management of the NYSC for their strategic improvement to sustain the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme, designed to empower Corps members and make them self-sustainable at the end of the service year.
Earlier, the Rivers State NYSC Coordinator, Mr. George Mfongang, commended the Corps members for their honest and patriotic sacrifices in nation building in the last 51 years.
He urged them to see their mobilisation into the National Service as a rare privilege that should motivate them to work hard to entrench unity, socio-economic development, peace and prosperity of the nation.
The Chief Judge of Rivers State, Hon. Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi, represented by Justice Opufaa Ben-Whyte, administered the Oath of Allegiance on the Corps members at the occasion.