With NYSC, Nigeria will be great again — Ondo monarch
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure
The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, has asserted that with the qualitative leadership training corps members are exposed to right from the orientation course, it is certain that the country would become great again in no distant future.
Aladelusi made this assertion on Tuesday when he hosted the Ondo State National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani and her management team in his palace.
According to the monarch, “the leadership training corps members are exposed to and the disciplinal nature of the programme have given them a sense of responsibility which has made them a key component of the project called Nigeria”.
Aladelusi, who disclosed that the palace is a direct beneficiary of the selfless service the corps members are rendering for the nation, therefore, attributed it to the sound administrative capabilities of Mrs. Ani.
He said, “The State Coordinator, you are too cerebral to be forgotten or shoved aside. Your outstanding performance since your assumption of duty is a clear testimony of your commitment towards building the youths who are no doubt the future of this great country.
“You have proven to be a highly dedicated administrator and this is the reason why you have packed so many outstanding achievements to your credit within one year of your stewardship and I will want to recommend tenure elongation for you because you still have more aces up your sleeves”.
Earlier, the Ondo State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs. Victoria Nnenna Ani appreciated the topmost traditional ruler for all his encompassing support and assistance to the Scheme in the state.
Mrs. Ani said that she visited the palace to receive royal blessing from the highly respected and revered king and to seek his help to encourage all the traditional rulers in Ondo State to prioritise the security and general welfare of corps members serving in their various domains.
The Ondo NYSC boss, therefore, appealed to the monarch to help the Scheme secure befitting office accommodation as the present arrangement within the Federal Secretariat Complex, Igbatoro Road in Akure has become grossly inadequate.
She equally sought the assistance of the monarch to impress it upon the Executive Chairmen of the Local Governments to constitute the NYSC Local Government Committee where such has not been in existence as this will help the Council bosses to know their responsibilities to the Scheme in the state.
