Saturday 7 November 2015

NYSC OYO STATE SWEARS-IN CORPS MEMBERS

Over 2,000 members of the 2015 Batch B Stream 1 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Oyo State, have been sworn-in by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Muktar Abimbola.
The event took place at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp located in Iseyin Local Government Area of the state. The event commenced at the early hours of the date with corps members parade, followed by the swearing-in of corps members.
In his remarks, the Oyo State Governor Senator Isiaka Ajumobi who was represented by Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemi welcomed the corps members and urged them to be law abiding while serving in the state. He assured that the government will play its own part by looking after the welfare of the corps members.

PROFILE OF BRIG-GEN JB OLAWUMI FSS MSS CM PSC (+) PSC (JOINT) FDC (FELLOW DEFENCE COLLEGE)

Brigadier-General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi hails from Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State of Nigeria.
He attended the Army Children School, Mokola, Ibadan for his primary education and thereafter proceeded to CAC Grammar School, Akure in Ondo State for his secondary education.
He enlisted into the Nigerian Army as a cadet of the 36 Regular Course on 24 September 1984 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers' Corps on 23 September 1989. Since commission, the senior officer has attended the following courses:
Regimental Intelligence and Security Officers' Course at
The Nigerian Army Intelligence School, Apapa in 1990.
Young Officers’ Course Infantry in Jaji, 1991.
Anti-Tank Platoon Commanders' Course in Jaji, 1991.
EME Young Officers’ Course, NASEME Auchi in 1992.
Junior Staff Course at Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji in 1998.
EME Company Commanders' Course, NASEME Auchi in the year 2000.
Senior staff Course at Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji from August 2002 to July 2003.

WE WANT YOU TO BE JOB CREATORS – OLAWUMI

The Director General of the National Youth Service Crops, Brig General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi has said that the design of the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme (SAED) is to empower corps members to becoming job creators rather than job seekers.
The Director General stated this during his working visit to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp Iseyin in continuation of his tour of NYSC camps nationwide.
General Olawumi stressed that the SAED programme becomes imperative as a result of challenges corps members are facing to harness employment opportunities after the service year.
The Director General said the global trends has shifted from searching for non-existent job to creating wealth with skills and brain.
“My dear compatriots in the national service and nation building, I want to advise you to key into the opportunities provided by the skills acquisition to better your lots and that of people around you during and after the service year.”

NYSC DG PREACHES LOYALTY, COMMITMENT TO NATION

Corps members in Oyo State and the country at large have been called upon to be loyal and committed to Nigeria.
The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brig Gen. Johnson Olawumi made the call during his visit to Oyo state permanent orientation camp located in Iseyin. The DG urged corps members to avoid the use of derogatory words when talking about Nigeria.
He said “I believe that the country will be better regardless of the slow pace of its growth. The process of change may take some time, but change will definitely happen.”

Friday 6 November 2015

OYO STATE COORDINATOR PREACHES DISCIPLINE TO 2015 BATCH B, STREAM 1 CORPS MEMBERS

The Oyo State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mrs. Olurunmilayo Akin-Moses has urged all 2015 Batch B Corps members deployed to the State to make discipline their watch word as they begin their one year service to their fatherland.
Mrs. Akin-Moses gave the advice while briefing Corps members at the State Orientation Camp in Iseyin. Mrs. Akin-Moses also encouraged them to be disciplined while in Camp and even after camp so as to enjoy an itch-free service year.
The Coordinator in her remarks congratulated the Batch B Corps members for making it to this stage of their lives and encouraged them to participate fully in all camp activities so as to not only pass through the orientation exercise but also for the orientation exercise to pass through them.
Mrs. Akin-Moses, who has a degree in History from the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, also stated that NYSC has lined up various programmes for the Corps members during their stay on camp such as the leadership and citizenship training with the Man-O-War, Military drills, social and cultural displays amongst others; and stressed the importance of active participation in all of these programmes.

THE DISBURSEMENT OF TRANSPORT ALLOWANCE TO CORP MEMBERS AT THE PERMANENT ORIENTATION CAMP, ISEYIN, OYO STATE



The National Youth Service corps in Oyo State would have been portrayed in a bad light without the disbursement of the sum of one thousand five hundred naira (#1500) for fare to corps members. It was made a statutory payment by the national leadership of NYSC to enable prospective corps members get little money for transport. The payment has two stages. The first payment was the insurance of a thousand five hundred naira to the young graduates rendering selfless service to their fatherland.
It may interest you to know that the collection of this money by corps members started at 5.00pm last Saturday and ended at about 6.30pm. It was continued on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the present week. According to a reliable source who spoke to our correspondence during the week under review, we gathered that the disbursement was on course. Statistics and other facts on ground had shown that over 300 corpers in the camp have reserved their payment as there was discrepancy in the disbursement.

NYSC DG ASSURES CORPS MEMBERS LOAN ACCESS

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig Gen JB Olawumi have assured  corps members across the nation that they will have access ranging from five hundred thousand naira to two million naira, with their certificates as collateral with an interest rate of nine percent payable over a period of three to five years.
            Speaking shortly after his visit to the Oyo State NYSC Orientation Camp, located in Iseyin, Brig Olawumi expressed satisfaction with the good conduct of Corps Members, emphasized that NYSC in liaison with the Federal Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bank of Industry and the heritage Bank to give out loans to corps members who are ready to be self-reliant.

MY CAMP EXPERIENCE THUS FAR




I've made two major personal discoveries in the few days I've spent in camp thus far. It's been like nothing I expected.
The first is that I am NOT physically strong. I didn't know the extent of my physical weakness until I arrived to attend the NYSC Batch B 2015 Oyo state Camp. In my lame attempt to carry my box on my head at the camp gate, I fell down 3 times. In between the soldiers raising their deep voices at me to my fellow prospective corp members glaring at me with pity written all over their faces, I looked ahead only to discover a friend of mine had been videoing my struggle with the box the entire time. I cannot adequately explain how much shame I felt in that moment. What a way to begin my 3 week Journey!
Haven narrowly escaped the "box carrying" tradition with no injuries sustained; I breathed a sigh of relief thinking the worst was finally over. This was however short lived as the registration process proved to be a much more difficult task.