COVID-19: NYSC provides hand sanitisers at orientation camps – Coordinator
Taraba state Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), David Markson, says that the scheme has provided hand sanitizers and sensitisation leaflets in all 37 orientation camps across the country to check the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Markson disclosed this on Thursday at the inauguration ceremony of the 2020 batch A stream 1 corps members at the Sibre Orientation camp near Jalingo.
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The coordinator, who noted that the virus is wrecking havoc globally, urged the corps members to make use of the items, maintain personal and environmental hygiene to stay safe.
Markson congratulated the 2, 200 corps members posted to the state for the orientation exercise on their academic successes that enabled the scheme to mobilise them for the national service.
“I congratulate all of you on your academic successes that earned you mobilization for the NYSC,” he said.
He urged them to participate fully in all the activities in the camp, saying the course has been packaged to impact useful knowledge to them.
Declaring the orientation course open, Governor Darius Ishaku told the corps members that the nation is looking up to them for solutions to its current challenges.
Represented by the Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Alhaji Ibrahim Imam, the governor urged the corps members to be good ambassadors of their respective states.
