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Integrate Corps Members into Your Communities, Acting DG Urges
By Evelyn Terseer – Abuja
Stakeholders across the country have been advised to accept Corps Members into their host communities and also provide them with conducive environment that would enhance their statutory performance during the service year.
Acting Director General, National Youth Service Corps(NYSC), Mrs Christy Uba stated this yesterday in his address to Corps Members and Camp Officials during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course held at NYSC Akwa-Ibom State Orientation Camp at Nsit Atai.
She said Corps Members are on national assignment in different locations across the country, and should therefore be provided with adequate welfare, security and other logistics.
Mrs Uba also warned the Corps Members that the Scheme would not shield anyone of them that violates the law from the consequences of wrong doings.
She enjoined them to be law-abiding as they serve as role models in their places of Primary Assignment for the younger ones.
“Remember that your membership of the service corps does not confer on you immunity from the legal consequences of any wrong doing.
At all times, you should be good ambassadors of the NYSC as well as your families and institutions of graduation.
Therefore, you must be wary of acts that can portray the Scheme in bad light, especially drug abuse and trafficking, cybercrime, advanced-free-fraud and spreading of fake news among others”, she added.
Mrs Uba also urged the Corps Members to be security conscious at all times as they proceed to their places of Primary Assignment, adding that, “you should avoid acts that can endanger your lives such as staying out late, attending night parties, visitation to dangerous places and acceptance of car rides and gifts from strangers”.
In a statement by the Director, Press and Public relations, Eddy Megwa, She stated that Management remains committed to making adequate provisions for their welfare and security through constant liaison with security agencies and other critical stakeholders towards having a fulfilling service year.
Uba, who expressed satisfaction about the conduct of the Corps Members during the Orientation period also urged them to be disciplined in their respective places of primary assignment and also be ready to face the challenges of the service year.
She advised the Corps Members to accept their postings in good faith and be guided by the provisions of the NYSC Act and Bye-laws as well as workplace rules and regulations.
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Customs Intercept Contraband Worth N510.92m in Two Conths
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This is contained in a statement signed by Jerry Attah, Public Relations Officer, NCS, Zone C, and made available to journalists on Wednesday. According to the statement, Comptroller Michael Ugbagu, NCS, Zone C, gave the statistics while showcasing the seized contraband to relevant regulatory agencies at the Government Warehouse in Edo.Ugbagu said that the zone also recovered the sum of N25.57 million from demand notices raised based on some infractions noticed, making a cumulative sum of N536.49 million recorded within the months under review.“The DPV was derived from our seized goods, which include 49,699 sachets of various brands of tramadol and 3,350 bottles of various cough syrups with codeine without an NAFDAC number.“1,015 sacks of dry donkey meat and skin, 75 jumbo bales of second-hand clothing, 463 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 269 pieces of used pneumatic tires, and 56 cartons of smuggled foreign tomato paste.“More worrisome is the interception of 49,699 sachets of various brands of tramadol and 3,350 bottles of various cough syrups with codeine without NAFDAC registration numbers.”He noted that the cough syrup with codeine and tramadol without NAFDAC registration numbers, if not intercepted, could have had adverse effects on youths.He added that the items were mostly intercepted along the Ewu-Okada/Benin expressways based on credible intelligence. (NAN)NEWS
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