While speaking on Thursday at the formal opening ceremony of the
2017 NYSC Batch ‘B’ Stream orientation course in Katsina State, Alhaji
Aminu Ibrahim, the chairman of NYSC Katsina State Governing Board, made a
revelation on corps members.
According to DailyPost, Ibrahim said that the Katsina State
Government has increased the welfare budget for National Youths Service
Corps (NYSC) members deployed to the state by about 200 per cent.
2,200 corps members were deployed to Katsina state for the 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream II.
Ibrahim, who represented Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina state at the
orientation course, is also the Special Adviser to the governor on
Youths Development, said Masari’s administration would ensure provisions
were made for the welfare of corps members to enable them to enjoy
their stay in the state.
He promised to provide adequate security to the corps members
deployed to the state. The governor noted that the choice of Katsina as
hosting camp for Borno and Katsina States was no doubt predicated on the
antecedents of Katsina as a hospitable and accommodating state.
He urged all security operatives to ensure maximum security at the
camp and throughout the time of the corps members’ primary assignments.
In his speech, the Chairman of the NYSC governing board, Ibrahim
explained that there were two combined orientation courses for Katsina
and Borno States’ corps members at the NYSC permanent orientation camp
in Katsina.