Corps Trust Fund: National Youth Service Corps To Get Approval For Establishment

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, says efforts are ongoing to get the Federal Government’s approval for the establishment of a Trust Fund for the scheme.

He said the fund will help provide funding supports for Corps Members to start their businesses after undergoing the NYSC Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) training.

Ibrahim stated this while addressing Corps Members during his visit to the Federal Capital Territory Orientation Camp in Kubwa, Abuja.

He said part of the fund would also be used to maintain camp facilities and finance other needs of the Scheme.

To this end, he urged Corps members to embrace the SAED Programme which was designed to expose them to vocational training that would make them business owners and wealth creators and not seekers of salaried jobs.

While citing scarcity of job opportunities, the DG advised corps members to identify the needs of their host communities and initiate laudable projects that would improve their standard of living.

He advised them to adhere to the rules in their places of Primary Assignment and to be good ambassadors of the NYSC Scheme and use the Social Media responsibly.