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| DG NYSC & Blueprint’s Education Editor |
NYSC develops a common
destiny of Nigerian people
Address by the Director-General NYSC, Brig-General
S. Ibrahim, DSS PhD MTRCN, at the media parley with Editors, Bureau Chiefs and
Youth Correspondents held on Thursday, August 15, 2019, at Barcelona Hotel,
Abuja.
The Objectives of NYSC
are:
To inculcate in youths by instilling in them the
tradition of industry at work, and of patriotic and loyal service to Nigeria in
any situation they may find themselves;
To raise the moral tone of Nigerian youths by giving them
the opportunity to learn about higher ideals of national achievement, social
and cultural improvement;
To develop in Nigerian youths the attitude of mind, acquired
through shared experience and suitable training, which will make them more
amenable to mobilisation in the national interest;
To enable Nigerian youths acquire the spirit of
self-reliance by encouraging them to develop skills for self-employment;
To contribute to the accelerated growth of national economy;
To develop common ties among Nigerian youths and promote
national unity and integration;
To remove prejudices, eliminate ignorance and confirm, at
first hand, the many similarities among Nigerians of all ethnic groups and;
To develop a sense of corporate existence and common destiny
of the people of Nigeria.
Culled
from Selected Speeches and Strides of the 18th NYSC
Director-General, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN
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