The director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye Nafiu, weekend, joined corps members to celebrate their birthdays, which coincided with their swearing in ceremony at the NYSC FCT orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja.
The celebrants are; Onoja Dorcas FC/25A/1642, Enugu Judith FC/25A/1299, Egba Kingsley Nnamdi FC/25A/1140, Achunmwande Brandy FC/25A/2507, Boluwatife Oladapo Ogedengbe FC/25A/1088, Kwayama D. Sharon FC/25A/3461 and Agbo Ojobo Ambrose FC/25A/1338.
General Nafiu, who was also part of the dignitaries that witnessed the swearing-in ceremony of the 4,070 corps members deployed to the FCT encouraged them to serve their fatherland diligently.
He urged them to quickly adjust to camp life and participate actively in all the orientation activities that would empower them for a successful service year.
“As you proceed on the three weeks orientation journey, l want you to make discipline your watch word and also make friends across the geo-political zones of the country,” he said.
The NYSC FCT coordinator, Mr Samson Ateli, in his introductory address welcomed the corps members who answered the clarion call of selfless services to their fatherland.
He added that the scheme has successfully maintained its pivotal role in inducing national unity, socio-economic development, job empowerment for corps members, while also building socio-cultural bridges across different regions of the country.