The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olakunle Nafiu, has urged corps members deployed to Rivers to actively participate in orientation activities.
Nafiu made the call on Monday while addressing 2026 Batch C Stream I corps members at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Nonwa-Gbam, Tai Local Government Area (LGA).
He urged the corps members to adapt positively to the rigorous camp activities to become adequately trained and equipped leaders.
“I urge you to take the in-camp and post-camp Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme seriously to create sustainable wealth through multiple sources of income,” he said.
Nafiu advised the corps members to remain security-conscious, avoid night travel, and shun the misuse of social media and other practices that could expose them to danger.
He also urged them to remain apolitical, honest and credible while serving as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ad hoc staff during the 2027 general elections.
The Director-General stressed that corps members must demonstrate integrity and uphold the highest standards of professionalism in all their endeavours.
He disclosed that the Federal Government had approved an upward review of corps members’ feeding allowances during orientation camping.
He added that modalities for improving the quality of corps members’ kits had been activated, with implementation scheduled for 2027.
Meanwhile, the NYSC Rivers Coordinator, Mr Moses Oleghe, said Gov. Siminalayi Fubara had approved an immediate increase in corps members’ allowances.
Oleghe said corps members posted to urban areas would receive N20,000, while those serving in rural communities would receive N35,000.
“This increment, alongside other achievements, forms part of the milestones recorded by the Fubara administration,” he said.
Oleghe also presented a report on the camp situation during activities marking the Director-General’s visit to the orientation camp.
Nafiu was accompanied by the Director of Information and Public Relations, Mrs Carol Embu, and the Director of Special Duties, Mr George Mfongang.
The Acting Director of the NYSC South-South Area Office II, Port Harcourt, Mrs Olayinka Nasamu, also accompanied the Director-General.
