Category: Youth

The National Youth Service Corps has stated that it is committed to encouraging value reorientation among Corps Members through the Orientation Course and service year periods. It claimed that this would act as a spur for both national growth and social change. This was stated today by NYSC Director General Brigadier General YD Ahmed during...

Plateau State Governor, Barrister Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang has appealed to stakeholders across the country to support the National Youth Service Corps for its strategic role in national unity and socio-economic development of the country. He lauded the Scheme’s achievements in the areas of education, health, rural infrastructural development, sports, provision of gainful employment for Corps...

The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, has urged Heads of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) across the NYSC Secretariats to be proactive by acquiring the latest digital skills. He stated that embracing these skills would allow them to keep pace with advancements in technology, improve operational efficiency, ensure data security and foster digital...

The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has expressed appreciation to the Nigerian Communication Satellite (NigComSat), under the leadership of its Managing Director, Engineer Nkechi Jane Egerton-Idehen for the agency’s willingness to support the NYSC Television Station with services that will upgrade the quality of its broadcast. General Ahmed said...

NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has said the Scheme is strategically placed to collaborate with the National Centre for the Control of Arms and Light Weapons (NCCALW) towards the effective sensitization against the rising tide in the transnational movement of illegal arms and weapons within the Nigerian geographical space. General Ahmed said with...

The Institute for Humanitarian Studies and Social Development (IHSSD)has conferred the‘Distinguished Associate Humanitarian Fellow’, on the Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed. Speaking during the special induction and decoration ceremony held at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja, the President and Chairman, Governing Council of the Institute, Ambassador Adamu...

The Director General of National Youth service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has assured it’s stakeholders that the Scheme would continue to collaborate with them to deepen the impact of NYSC Community Development Service. General Ahmed stated this today during the Opening Ceremony ceremony of NYSC Community Development Service Stakeholders’ Workshop held at Police Officers’...

The Federal Government has approved the increase of Corps Members’ monthly allowance to Seventy-Seven Thousand Naira (N77,000) with effect from July 2024. This is in line with the enactment of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act 2024.This was contained in a letter from the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, dated 25th September 2024 and...

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has urged the Scheme’s internal auditors to instill the culture of accountability in their official duties. He said it was very important to reinforce the Scheme’s internal financial control systems to avoid financial losses. The DG disclosed this at the Opening Ceremony...