Delta State Government has pledged continued support for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to ensure the realization of the objectives for which it was established.
The Secretary to the Delta State Government (SSG) Mr. Chiedu Ebie made the pledge on Tuesday in Asaba while presenting the NYSC Delta State Honors Award to two Corps members who distinguished themselves in their Community Development Projects during the 2018 service year.
The SSG, who is also the State Chairman of the NYSC Governing Board, noted that the Scheme had over the years unified the country through cultural integration of corps members in line with the original idea of the founding Fathers of the programme.
Mr. Ebie assured the NYSC management that the State Government would ensure that corps members posted to the state were well taken care of, even as he said the State Government had provided facilities for the NYSC Area office in the South- South Zone located in Asaba and also at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Issele-uku.
He congratulated the recipients of the award and urged other corps members serving in the state to emulate the exemplary character exhibited by the awardees.
Earlier, the Coordinator of the NYSC South-South Area Office, Mr. Omotade Ayodele, thanked the State Government for the support given to the Delta State NYSC office and assured that the objectives of the scheme would not be compromised.
The event featured the presentation of cheques to the recipients by the SSG on behalf of the state govertnment.
The awardees are Dr. Udo-Ubong Nkereuwem who served in Assumption Catholic Hospital, Warri, and Mr. Igbato Dominic who served in Ugbodu Secondary School in Aniocha North Local Government Area..
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