The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director of the South-West Zone, Mr. Oluwole Amusan, has described the corps’ members as the pride of the nation.
Amusan made the remark while speaking to the 2023 Batch ‘B’ (Stream II) corps members at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare-Akoko, on Friday.
The director advised members of the corps not to make unnecessary journeys or night travels, saying that the highways are not safe at night.
Amusan said, “My dear corps members, research and statistics have shown that corps members who travel at night and those without official permission account for the larger percentage of corps members who met their untimely deaths in the course of the national service.
“We are not against your travelling, but caution must be taken against unwarranted and frivolous journeys.
“The nation that has invested so much in you, as well as your parents who have laboured, are constantly praying and earnestly waiting for that period when they will eat the fruits of their labour.
“And it saddens the heart when the unexpected happens as a result of unwarranted journeys.”
Amusan urged the corps members to view life positively so that the leadership training they would receive at camp would be useful when the time came to manage life’s problems.
He challenged them to make use of the NYSC’s Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) initiative.
