Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Thursday, gave state honours award to two corp members who distinguished themselves during the 2021 Batch B Stream 1 service year of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Soludo, who presented the awards to the deserving corp members during the NYSC passing out parade ceremony held at Awka, the State capital, equally commended 13 others for receiving State Coordinator’s letter of commendation.
The governor, represented by the State Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr Patrick Agha-Mba, also mourned one unnamed female corp member, who according to him, died at the course of the service year.
He said, “You have in no small way partnered with the state in the developmental programmes of the state essentially in government and private schools, including provision of educational materials. In rural schools, Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers, (HIRD), skills acquisitions, provisions of solar lights in some communities, environmental sanitation, construction works, charity visitations and many other ways.
“We cannot take your selfless services for granted. However, we are aware of the challenges facing the scheme at the Orientation Camp especially the ravaging influence of erosion and I am in contact with professionals that will handle the landscaping. We cannot in any way watch our highly admired structures at the camp be washed away by erosion. Regrettably, we lost one of you, in the course of the service year; on this note let’s pause for a minute silence in honour of our fallen hero. May her soul rest in peace.”
Earlier, the Anambra State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Blessing Ekene Iruma, said 42 corps members defaulted in at least one out of the four cardinal programmes of the scheme and have been recommended for correctional measures ranging from two weeks extension to outright repeat of service.
She, however, commended the state for its numerous assistance to the scheme, and assured that they would not relent in their contributions to uplifting the state.
