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Director General Inaugurates SEAD Centre In NYSC Delta Camp
Joel Ajayi
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has inaugurated the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Centre inside Delta State Orientation Camp in Issele-Uku.
Speaking at the inauguration during his visit today, General Ahmed said the center would serve as an additional advantage and morale booster in the training of Corps Members in vocational skills.
He commended the NYSC Delta State Coordinator, Mr Alao Olusegun for his determination in completing the laudable one-block of six-room project which was conceived by the Late Mrs Folake Ndubusi-Johnson, a staff of NYSC Delta State Secretariat, who died in 2021.
General Ahmed commended the vision of the deceased staff who birthed the center while he prayed that God reposes her soul.
Before the inauguration, the Director General had advised the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Corps Members to respect the constituted camp authorities and use the three-week Orientation period to establish long-lasting friendships.
He warned them to be security conscious and avoid adventures that may expose them to danger.
“Respect the culture and traditions of the people you are going to serve. Add value to your communities.
Avoid the use of hard drugs, cybercrime, and other activities that can put you in danger”, the DG said.
Earlier in the day at Anambra State Orientation Camp in Umuawulu/Mbaukwu in Awka South Local Government Area of the State, General Ahmed admonished the Corps Members to embrace the four cardinal programs of the NYSC namely; Orientation Course, Place of Primary Assignment, Community Development Service and Winding-Up/Passing-Out activities.
In both camps, the Director General was informed that the Corps Members had adjusted to the regimented camp life and were actively participating in all camp activities.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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