No fewer than four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members of the 2022 Batch B stream II, received merit awards from the Bauchi state government.
Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, the Bauchi state Coordinator of NYSC, disclosed this in Bauchi on Thursday, during the collection of Certificates of National Service by the corps members.
According to her, the corps members received the awards for impacting positively on the lives of members of their host communities through meaningful Community Development Projects and Services executed during their service year.
She added that the corps members had written their names in the good book of NYSC, urging them to keep the spirit alive, even after their service year.
The state Coordinator also revealed that 10 corps members from the batch will have their service year extended for at least three weeks or one month, for various misconducts during their service year.
She explained that the misconducts included abscondment and absenteeism during their service year, reiterating that the scheme had zero tolerance for truancy and would not hesitate to punish any erring corps member.
“I want to use this opportunity to urge you all to avoid night trips while traveling back to your various destinations and ensure that you go straight home to reunite with your parents.
“Also, those of you taking part in the post skill acquisition and entrepreneurship development training should ensure that you complete your training as this will help you to become employers of labour.
“To those of you who failed to learn any skills, you can start doing something even with the last allowance you were paid,” she said.
“Your parents want to see you doing something, no matter how little. It is better than staying out home doing nothing,” she said.
No fewer than 401 corps members of the 22 Batch B stream II passed out in the state and this included 269 males and 132 females.