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Welcome
address by the Director-General, NYSC, Brig-General S. Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN,
at the 2019 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop held on Tuesday May 28, 2019, at the Nigerian National Merit Awards
House, Maitama, Abuja.
Protocol
It
is my pleasure to formally welcome you all to Abuja, the nation’s capital, for
the 2019 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilisation Workshop.
I am particularly delighted to welcome the special guest of honour, the Honourable
Minister of the FCT, Alhaji Muhammad Musa Bello, to this opening ceremony. Our
special thanks go to the Honourable Minister for finding time to grace this
occasion in spite of other pressing official matters.
Permit
me to also welcome to this occasion, other state government functionaries, our Royal
Fathers, Heads of Federal Agencies, our partners in the mobilisation process,
including Students’ Affairs Officers (SAOs) of Corps-Producing Institutions as
well as the representatives of the National Universities Commission (NUC), National
Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
and SIDMACH technologies Limited .
The
Honourable Minister, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, the importance of this
workshop cannot be overemphasised given the role expected of various
stakeholders in ensuring a seamless mobilisation process. The lessons learned
from the implementation of the previous decisions reached at previous workshops
are expected to influence our deliberations towards a better performance in the
next mobilisation exercise.
While
commending the efforts of all stakeholders in the achievements made so far, it
is time for us to move the process to the next level. In particular, it is time to take fuller
advantage of the many ICT applications to drive the process to a logical
conclusion. Our collective desire to do better therefore, influenced the choice
of the workshop theme, “Achieving Greater Efficiency in the NYSC
Mobilisation Process: The Role of Stakeholders”.
The
new ICT-driven NYSC is gaining greater acceptance across the broad spectrum of
stakeholders and the general public in spite of the numerous challenges shows
that we are heading in the right direction.
I
cannot end this address without thanking the Honourable Minister once again,
for his support for the NYSC, especially in the area of welfare and security of
Corps members.
Finally,
distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, let me appreciate you once
again for honouring our invitation, and wish you fruitful deliberations.
Thank
you and God bless.
Culled
from Selected Speeches and Strides of the 18th NYSC
Director-General, Brig-General S. Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN
NB: Senseman Publishers’ comment:
In all his public speeches, the DG
talks about the welfare and security of corps members, giving parents
confidence of the safety of their children and wards under his protection.
It is in this regard that he
emphasised his appreciation of the FCT Minister.
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Keynote
address by the Director-General, NYSC, Brig-General S. Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN,
at the business session of the 2019 Batch ‘B’ Pre-Mobilisation workshop held on
Tuesday May 28, 2019, in the auditorium of Merit Hous,e Maitama, Abuja.