Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has approved N5 billion for the construction of a new NYSC permanent orientation camp in the state.
He disclosed this during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch B, Stream Orientation Course in Paiko in Paiko Local Government Areas of the state, just as he also announced a N200,000 bonus for all the 1,600 corps members of the 2014 Batch B, Stream 1, 20 cows and a truck of rice to make them comfortable.
Bago told the corps members to key into his agricultural revolution to address the food crisis, adding that his administration had invested heavily in the sector.
He assured them of adequate security as well as welfare and promised that the corps members who key into agriculture would be given a house and a vehicle.
In her address, Minister for Youth Development, Dr Jemila Ibrahim, announced the Ministry’s initiative to empower 5,000 NYSC members with N10 million each for entrepreneurial ventures upon completion of their service.
She said the ministry was launching the ‘National Youth Skills Programme (NYSP)’, to train more than one million young people across diverse fields in technology and agriculture, amongst others.
Earlier, NYSC Coordinator in Niger, Mrs Abdulwahab Olayinka, said 100 corps members were serving with Niger Foods as part of the scheme’s contribution to the governor’s green economy initiative.
She advised the corps members to participate in the ‘Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED)’, programme to acquire skills that would make them self-reliant.
