Complement good plans of NYSC to create future for yourselves — Ondo monarchs tell corps members
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure
The Olukare of Ikare and Owa-Ale Adimula of Ikareland, in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Akadiri Momoh and Oba Adefemi Adegbite-Adedoyin, have charged corps members to complement the good plans of the Scheme towards creating a future for themselves by embracing the intervention which had lifted several ex-corps members out of poverty.
The duo traditional rulers, who spoke separately while receiving the Ondo state Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani and some management staff of the scheme at their palaces over the weekend said, “We fought for the establishment of the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Ikare-Akoko and our subjects were happy when the Federal Government conceded to our request why the camp should be in Ikareland.”
Momoh and Adegbite-Adedoyin, however, promised to continue to ensure that the camp remains their pride and source of income to their teeming citizens and residents alike.
Oba Momoh, who was one time Chairman of Ondo State Council of Obas, said that his people are fully committed to the development of the camp and will do everything humanly possible to preserve what the Federal Government bequeathed to them.
While the Owa-Ale Adimula, Oba Adegbite-Adedoyin hinted that the efforts he had put in place will soon begin to yield positive results saying, “we have taken some steps and made some contacts which I am confident will yield positive results and I want to assure you and your team that we are not resting on our oars but we are working on the way forward for the camp to remain our heritage.”
“My children in the service to the nation, NYSC has created a platform for you to tackle the monster called unemployment. You don’t need a fortune as your start-up capital because the Scheme has several funding options that will stabilise you and I want to admonish you to key into the opportunities provided by the programme,” the monarch said.
The State NYSC Coordinator, while speaking said her visit was to intimate the royal fathers that NYSC and the generality of corps members deployed to Ondo, the Sunshine State have arrived adding that NYSC management in the state would not hesitate to seek the wise counsel of the foremost rulers whenever the need arises.
Mrs. Ani, therefore, said the NYSC would continue to cherish the fatherly support the two first class and prominent rulers have been giving to the Scheme since inception.
The NYSC boss reminded the custodians of the heritage of Akoko people of her initial request for philanthropists and well meaning sons and daughters of the ancient town to come over to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp and invest their resources to help develop the place.
