The National Assembly had on Tuesday passed the NYSC Trust Fund Establishment Bill into law, awaiting the presidential approval.

The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Muhammad Fadah, disclosed this during his visit to the NYSC Orientation Camp in Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State.

According to the NYSC boss, it is imperative for corps members to be equipped with the necessary skills in order to benefit from the trust fund by the time it will take off.

He said “In the 1970s and early 1980s, the federal, state, and local governments will look for you to come and work for them. Now, that era is over. That is why the scheme established the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurial Development programmes for you. Please take advantage of this situation.

“Get a skill, you may not know when that skill will be useful to you. Please avail yourself. Just go and train yourself in a skill. The NYSC Trust Fund was passed yesterday (Tuesday) by the National Assembly. It is just left for the President to assent to it.

“When it becomes law, at the end of your service year, every one of you will have a token that you can use to establish your business.”

In her remarks, the state NYSC Coordinator, Victoria Ani, who welcomed the DG, disclosed that a total number of 1,311 corps members comprising 330 males and 978 females were registered in the camp.

“I wish to assure you that our activities in camp are not compromised. The corps members are already in high spirit, receiving lectures and participating in the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme, which has kicked off,” Ani stated.

The board announced that corps members would be allowed on NYSC approved camps nationwide from January 19, 2021 as against the January 18, 2021 earlier announced date.

The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, disclosed this on Friday at a sensitisation webinar for the prospective corps members.

The event was theme, ‘Protecting The health Of The Nigerian Youth: Safe Reopening Of NYSC Orientation Camps’

Ibrahim urged the prospective corps members to check the NYSC site to know the states they are deployed to.

“I want to inform the prospective corps members that their postings have been released. They can go and check it right now,” the NYSC DG stated.

He added that the Service won’t hesitate to decamp any corps member who fails to adhere strictly to Covid protocols on orientation camps.

“I want to inform the prospective corps members that their postings have been released. They can go and check it right now,” the NYSC DG stated.

He added that the Service won’t hesitate to decamp any corps member who fails to adhere strictly to Covid protocols on orientation camps.

The NYSC made this announcement on Monday via its official Twitter account.

According to the statement, all 2020 Batch ‘A’ Corps members scheduled to resume their orientation course are expected to be at their orientation camps on Monday, 23rd of November, 2020.

“All 2020 Batch ‘A’ Corps Members scheduled to resume their Orientation Course should note that their resumption to the Orientation Camp has been extended to today, Monday 23rd November, 2020,” the tweet read.