Solution To Unemployment: Corps Members To Acquire Additional Skills. The Kwara State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, Mrs. Ezinne Ezekwe has said as part of the efforts to tackle the high rate of unemployment in the country, corps members have been provided with opportunities during their orientation course, to acquire additional skills.
She spoke during the swearing-in ceremony of the 2,042 corps members comprising 1,072 males and 970 females who are of the 2013 Batch ‘A’ deployed to the state.
She stated that the opportunities were through specialised training by some government and non-government organisations, including the National Directorate of Employment, National Productivity Centre and the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“Apart from lectures, corps members will be exposed to practical vocational training and skills acquisition in different fields of human endeavours.”
She commended the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed for his support and provision of amenities for NYSC.