Gov. Bala pledges soft loans to corps members in Bauchi

Samuel Luka, Bauchi

Corps members serving in Bauchi state are expected to benefit from soft loans to enable them set up businesses of their own at the end of their service year.

Governor Bala Mohammed, who stated this on Monday during the closing ceremony of the 2019 batch B stream one corps members’ orientation exercise, held at the NYSC Camp, Wailo, in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state, said that the loans would be given to any corps member that expresses the willingness to start a meaningful business.

The governor who was represented by the state Head of Service, Umar Gokaru, noted that the idea behind the different skills acquisition programmes introduced by the NYSC was deliberately designed to make corps members’ job creators other than job seekers after their service year.

“I therefore, charge you to further build on these skills by continuing with the post -camp component of the programme. Government is committed to encouraging the youth to venture into self-reliant ventures as it has set aside funds for your empowerment,” he assured.

The governor said what any interested corps member needs to do to access the soft loans is to come up with a good business proposal at the end of their service period.

He added that the state government has in line with its policy on youth development put in place solid welfare packages for their security and general well-being.

The governor urged the youth corps members posted to Bauchi state to settle down, integrate and contribute to the enhancement of the state.

In his remarks, the Bauchi state Coordinator of the NYSC, Bashir Shehu, thanked the governor for his support to the scheme, acknowledging that he donated three cows to corps members during the opening ceremony of the three-week orientation course.