Desist from promoting fake news – NYSC DG warns corps members
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Shuaibu Ibrahim has warned corps members to desist from promoting or sharing through social media unsubstantiated information that is not from credible and responsible sources.
Ibrahim, gave the warning on Monday via virtual meeting he held nationwide with the 2021 Batch ‘B’ (Stream II) prospective corps members and which was monitored at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ikare-Akoko, Ondo State.
The NYSC DG, who disclosed that Nigeria air space was a washed with several fake news which has become cankerous and has been threatening the sacrifice every sincere and honest citizens of the country are zealously making to ensure that we have a sane society.
According to him, “it is sad and worrisome that some of the graduate youths of this country have turned themselves to promoters of cock and bull stories which should not be found in our society and I want to appeal to you not to be part of the bandwagon that peddles rumour or unsubstantiated information through the airwaves.
“NYSC is a highly disciplined agency of government that is saddled with the responsibility of moulding the graduate youths mobilised for national service to be more focused and actively participate in nation building through series of programmes and activities starting with the orientation course through to their involvement in various community activities.
“The Federal Government through the National Youth Service Corps has invested heavily on you and the best way to reciprocate the continued commitment of government to youth empowerment and development is for you all to key into orientation course contents and remain the responsible citizens of this great country.”
Ibrahim, however, encouraged the prospective corps members to embrace the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme which was established nine and half years ago, to address the unemployment challenge that is threatening the survival of the country.
“The paid employment is dwindling and the best way to tackle the unemployment is to team up with the NYSC and focus on how to empower yourself during the service year and become financially independent after the service year. The world is at your feet to become job creators and employers of labour rather than looking forward to being a job seekers at the end of your service year,” he said.
