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Some of the 2024 Batch B (Stream I) Corps members deployed to Kaduna State by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said on Tuesday that they have no fears about serving the country in the North especially coming there for the first time.
This is even as the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani assured them of improved security in the state and encouraged them to come to terms with economic realities in the country and pay serious attention to skills they had learned during their 21-day orientation course.
Speaking to this correspondent shortly after the close of the orientation exercise at the NYSC temporary orientation camp, Government College, Kaduna, they said the reality on the ground is different from what they have heard afar.
Chioma Silver Unoruka, a graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja said, "I'm enjoying my stay here in Kaduna and I'm eager to serve my country.
"I don't have any fair irrespective of where I would be posted. I will accept my posting in good fate and make judicious use of every opportunity that will come my way in my place of primary assignment".
Also speaking, Chimeka Chioma Favour, a graduate of Mass Communication from Federal Polytechnic, Negede, Imo State, said "Initially, I was scared when I was deployed to Kaduna State for this national service.
"However, that fear was gone while coming to Kaduna because this was my first time coming to the core North. I had planned redeployment but I have changed my mind because I was welcomed by the people I have so far had contact with.
"So, my service year is looking promising and great. I started learning satellite television installation here in camp and hope to build on that going forward".
To Dike Daniel David, a graduate of Education and Political Science from Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, "I look forward to settling down in my place of primary assignment to see where and how I can make an impact during this one-year mandatory service to Nigeria".
In an interview shortly after declaring the orientation course close, Uba Sani who was represented by Commissioner for Youth, Prof. Benjamin Kumai Gugong said, that the current administration is working hard to make the State comfortable for all.
"You must come to terms with the reality that white-collar jobs are no longer readily available for all of us which is why they need to embrace entrepreneurship which they have started at NYSC camp.
"Accept wherever you are posted in good fate because everyone has a destiny. It is not a must you stay where you do your primary assignment but if God so wishes and gives you a job in that place then stay back. I pray they all get what God wants for them", he prayed.
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