The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Dr Dunona Umar has disclosed that the Ministry would render every necessary assistance towards the actualization of the proposed NYSC Trust Fund for the benefit of Corps Members.
He said the Scheme is a laudable programme that has engineered youth empowerment, job creation, socio-economic development and also strengthened national unity.
Dr Umar stated this today when the Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General YD Ahmed paid him a visit on his appointment in his office in Abuja.
The Permanent Secretary, while commending General Ahmed on his giant strides of innovative strategies in NYSC since his assumption of duty said the Ministry would continue to engage the Scheme towards maintaining a robust collaboration with stakeholders on the training of Corps Members with the deployment of ICT.
“The youth needs encouragement. NYSC is a very interesting and laudable programme. We will continue to support NYSC to ensure that the Scheme foster national unity through its deployment policy”, the Permanent Secretary said.
He urged the NYSC Management to use the database of all Ex-Corps Members as a social networking strategy for the benefit of the both parties.
Speaking earlier, the NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed congratulated Dr Umar on his appointment.
While briefing the Permanent Secretary on the activities, prospects and challenges of the Scheme, he said in it’s bid to reduce the increasing rate of unemployment among the youths in the country, the National Youth Service Corps has empowered more than Three Million (3,000,000) Corps Members through its Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme which started in 2012.
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He said his administration has also completed and equipped the NYSC Skill Acquisition Centre in Potiskum, Yobe State.
He added that the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development training Centres in Gombe, Jigawa, Ekiti and Delta States have also produced many Corps Entrepreneurs while work is at advanced stage on the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Centre in Enugu.
