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.”

The Director General continued, ‘NYSC as a vibrant and competitive leading youth organization in Africa has done much for the youths of this great country by coming out with an idea to take you out of the woods to the highest pinnacle.’

General Olawumi charged the corps members to learn something new as a new generation of Nigerians who are on top flight to greatness. ‘We are not trying to make a medical doctor an interior decor, neither are we changing the destiny of engineers to becoming fashion designers, but I want to tell you acquiring additional skills will make you the great personality that will drive the change in the country.

“As corps members, you need to be patriotic. Patriotism to our fatherland is required of you. Also, you must eschew all negative tendencies and focus on how to make Nigeria great. The present government of President Muhammadu Buhari believes very much in you to make the difference.”

On the security challenges, the General who was the best graduating officer in NDA, 36 Regular Course of 1989 said that the safety and security of corps members are paramount to the government of the day.

“Gentlemen corps members, take your security seriously and also be your brother’s keeper. In your respective places of primary assignment, watch over yourself and your colleagues and keep an eye on all details around you.”

General Olawumi who is the first officer from Nigerian Army Engineering Corps to head the NYSC scheme appealed to corps members to minimize the frequency at which they travel to reduce the rate of road traffic accidents involving corps members.

Earlier, the State Coordinator, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Akin-Moses thanked the Director General for counting Oyo State worthy of his visit.