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The NYSC ventures Initiative
The
NYSC Ventures were established primarily to serve as training grounds in skills
acquisition and entrepreneurship for corps members, in addition to meeting some
of the basic needs of the scheme, such as the provision of kits for corps
members. They include the Garment Factories
located in Niger and Anambra states, Rice Mill in Ebonyi, Feed Mill in Lagos, Garri Processing
Factory in Kwara state, and Water Bottling and Bakery in Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In
line with the Federal Government’s policy of diversifying the economy through
harnessing the country’s potentials in the non-oil sectors and our desire to
contribute towards ensuring food security, the scheme is resuscitating its farm
settlements across the country. I am happy to inform you that four of our farms
located in the FCT, Bauchi, Kebbi and Oyo states have been into full-scale
farming activities for the past two years. The farms have been provided with
modern implements and Corps Lodges as they are also serving as training grounds
for corps members under the agricultural component of the NYSC Skills
Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme.
Development of ICT Solutions to Enhance Operations
The
ICT department which was established in 2012 has been anchoring the deployment
of ICT solutions to drive the operations of the scheme for efficiency. One of
the feats achieved for through the Department is the migration of the scheme
from analogue operations to an Online Integrated System. The full computerisation
of the mobilisation process which started with 2014 Batch
‘C’ service year, has brought in its wake the following:
Online upload of Senate/Academic
Board Approved Lists by Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs)
Online Registration of
Both Local and Foreign Trained Prospectus Corps Members
Online Registration by
Part-time Graduates
Online Printing of
Call-up Letters
Biometric
Verification and Registration during Orientation programmes
Online Processing of
Relocation of Corps Members
Automated
printing of Certificate of National Service, Exemption Certificate, and
Exclusion Letters embossed with passport photographs
Real-time
generation of various reports on Corps Data
Use of biometrics for
the monthly clearance of Corps Members in all States of the federation and FCT.
Our efforts in this regards has enthroned a culture of integrity, enhanced
efficiency and ease of doing business between the Scheme and its
stakeholders. Happily, this has
attracted the endorsement of relevant bodies as the Scheme was conferred
with the Best MDA Award in the
innovative application of ICT solutions at the 2016 e-Governance Award Ceremony
organised by NITDA/Nihilent.
Culled
from Selected Speeches and Strides of the 18th NYSC
Director-General, Brig-General Shuaibu Ibrahim DSS PhD MTRCN
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