Service Year: NYSC to start deploying Corp members to the farm

Service Year: NYSC to start deploying Corp members to the farm

This is a latest from the National Youth Service Corps NYSC,  which is in charge of allocating Corp members to place of primary assignment, where they are today serve their father's land for one year.

According to NYSC FCT coordinator, Bello Ballama,  he said Corp members would be posted to farms.

He said,

"Corps members will be involved in all aspects of farming and crop production.

“This will not only support skills acquisition of NYSC but also governments plan of boosting agricultural production to improve self-reliance and achieve national growth and development.

“From this 2018 Batch ‘A’ Stream I set of corps members who are commencing orientation on April 19, we are going to look into all the farm formations and centres to be able to post corps members there.

“We have farms in the FCT and many other states of the country; the present leadership of the scheme is poised to ensuring the revival of all NYSC facilities including the farms.

“The NYSC is faced with the challenge of engaging the increasing number of corps members mobilised every year.

“We therefore, have to take proactive steps towards achieving our mandate and supporting the federal government’s plans for youth development."