By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu
Abuja
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has promised to sustain the partnership of the scheme with the Nigerian Security, Printing and Minting company (NSPM) in the area of the production of NYSC certificates in order to foster local content development.
General Ibrahim gave this assurance while receiving top officials of Nigerian Security, Printing and Minting company at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters of the scheme in Abuja.
DG expressed profound gratitude to the management of NSPM for being a leading employer of corps services, thereby providing a platform for corps members to acquire skills for reliance.
“The NYSC Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme is a sure way of addressing the problem of post service unemployment, and has the capacity of stimulating positive multiplier effects in the nation’s economy,” NYSC DG said.
He further stated that NYSC management had proposed a trust fund which had passed first and second readings, and underwent public hearing at the National Assembly.
Ibrahim said that when the trust fund becomes operational, it will provide start-up capital for corps entrepreneurs and a sustainable platform for the growth and development of the scheme.
Earlier, the managing director of NSPM, Alh. Abbas Umar Masanawa informed the director general that they were at the NYSC headquarters on a “thank you” visit to appreciate the scheme’s sustained patronage of its services; especially in the printing of NYSC security documents, describing NYSC as a unique partner worthy of emulation by other government ministries, departments and agencies.
Scenes from the visit:
