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NYSC at 47: The Unique Trajectory of Africa’s Leading Light in Youth Mobilisation
By Emma Obeni
Globally, over 75 countries have some form of voluntary, compulsory, military or paramilitary national youth service including African countries such as Eritrea, Gambia, Burundi, Morocco and Nigeria.
Nigeria’s national youth service which is mandatory for graduates of tertiary institutions not above 30 years was established on 22nd May 1973. With current annual mobilisation of about 300, 000 participants, Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is the largest youth mobilisation agency in Africa. It is remarkable and an irony that NYSC which attracted protests against its establishment by the youths earmarked to drive the Scheme has grown to attract protests from same youths over exclusion or delay in mobilisation to partake in the programme. Some at present even go to the length of procuring fake documents to get mobilised into the Service Corps. Such has become the attraction of the NYSC. The allurement of the NYSC may not be unconnected with the accomplishments of the Scheme over the years.
These achievements can be better distilled from the testimonies of stakeholders, ample services and infrastructures across the country credited to the Scheme. The underlying reason for the birthing of NYSC is to engender national cohesion which the country was (and still) in dire need of after the thirty month civil war resulting from deep ethnic and tribal divisions in the country. The Scheme was therefore established as a deliberate public policy to ensure the realisation of the Government’s post-civil war therapy of Reconciliation, Reconstruction and Rehabilitation. It aims to raise a new crop of disciplined and detribalized Nigerians by allowing the youths to undergo a one year national service in States other than theirs for the purpose of promoting national unity and development. And these among others the Scheme has relentlessly pursued in the past 47 years with Corps members deployed in all the 774 Local Government Areas of the Country.
Inter-ethnic marriages which no doubt have reduced prejudice amongst Nigerians are evidence of what the Scheme has accomplished in promoting national integration. Many cross cultural marriages owe their foundation to NYSC. The wife of the Ondo State Governor Mrs. Betty Anyanwu- Akerodolu attests to this. “NYSC is a tool for fostering national unity. I am one of the beneficiaries of the Scheme because it was through it I met my husband,” she said. Governor Akerodolu met her wife while undergoing the national service in Enugu. The paramount ruler of Yenaka Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, His Royal Highness Ovie Omeleh, Omo Ubie Aka II also benefitted in this regard. He confessed meeting his wife when she came to serve in the State. The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, who served in Benue State testified to the unifying role of NYSC. “NYSC is one of the few programmes that have helped in keeping Nigeria as one indivisible entity”, he said.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar also subscribes to this position insisting that, “we shall continue to advocate the sustenance of the NYSC…we still believe in its relevance, especially in bringing Nigerians of various ethnic and religious backgrounds together under one roof as a country”. Many participants have also settled in their State of deployment having secured permanent employment or are engaged in thriving private enterprises, there by deepening national integration. Examples include, Afolabi Oluranti, who served in 2004 in Bauchi and owns Compusoft, a thriving ICT firm in the State, Olatunbosun Tolulope served in 2003 in Enugu and is managing a flourishing enterprise called RFISHERIES and Samuel Orjiakor who served in Kebbi State in 1997, has since remained there practicing journalism. Apart from its impressive record in propagating national integration, the Scheme has become a force to reckon with in other areas of development in Nigeria such as health care delivery. Many rural health centres owe their continued existence and functionality to the NYSC medical corps who manage some of them.
The Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) is a new programme designed by the Scheme to fill the gap imposed by limited public healthcare facilities. Under this programme, a quarterly nationwide medical outreach is carried out where beneficiaries enjoy free medical services including consultation, administration of drugs and other medical consumables. The Scheme has also donated hundreds of wheel chairs to physically challenged individuals through the programme. Collaborative activities with local and international agencies, have enabled the NYSC to further advance the nation’s healthcare delivery. The Scheme’s active collaboration with UNICEF, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), the Federal Ministry of Health and other agencies played significant role in halting and reversing the menace of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The over 1.8 million Corps Members sensitised and provided with life skill training have in turn trained over 10 million students of secondary schools nationwide as Peer Educators. The Scheme was also fully involved in combating the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease and continues to play prominent role in immunization and vaccination campaigns. In the current battle to contain the Corona virus pandemic, the Scheme promptly suspended the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course exercise nationwide to protect the Corps Members and prevent spread of the disease. It went ahead to mobilise and deploy its Corps Medical Team to assist their senior colleagues in the field and also engaged others in producing and supplying face masks and hand sanitizers to Federal and State Governments for the medical personnel in the frontlines. Corps members also demonstrated their capacity to drive the country’s technological development, given adequate support, as they pooled their knowledge to come up with various innovations and fabrications to enhance the fight against the spread of the virus. A group of Corps Members in Akwa-Ibom State constructed a disinfection chamber while their colleagues serving in Kano, Kwara, Oyo and Plateau States among others fabricated machines dispensing water, liquid soap and sanitizers for hand washing to assist in containing the pandemic. In addition, the Scheme prepared and made available its Orientation Camps across the country for use as isolation centres for COVID-19.
Education is another area the Scheme’s footprints are indelible. With over 70% of Corps Members deployed to teach in schools, especially in the rural areas, NYSC has made significant contributions to the development of education in Nigeria. Indeed, the school system in some parts of the country depend considerably on Corps Members to complement their manpower needs. There are equally a number of States where special arrangements are in place for all Corps Members deployed to such states, apart from Doctors, Engineers, Lawyers and Para medicals to be posted to schools. Through its community development service programme, NYSC has complemented government’s effort at addressing the nation’s infrastructural deficit. In the course of their assignment, many Corps Members have embarked on development projects and programmes to uplift their host communities.
It is therefore not surprising that all the local governments in the country (if not every community) have one form of landmark legacy project or another executed by Corps Members, including public conveniences, water boreholes, culverts, bridges, school buildings among others. The Scheme has equally contributed significantly in boosting the national food security policy of government through its farms located across the country. The Service Corps ventured into farming in 1984 and by 1992 the Scheme was cultivating large hectres of land in many States of the federation. The farms produce variety of crops including maize, rice, guinea corn, millet, sorghum, cowpea, plantain, cassava, pineapple and palm fruits. There were also livestock farms in addition to the arable farms. The success recorded in the farms spurred the NYSC into establishing some agro-based ventures to process farm produce. They include animal Feed-Mill located at Ipaja Lagos, Garri processing factory at Afon Kwara State and Rice mill in Ezeillo, Ebony State.
NYSC through it ventures initiative also established Garment factories in Minna, Niger State and Mgbakwu, Anambra State as well as Bottled water factory and Bakery in Abuja, FCT. The farms and agro-based enterprises have thrived over the years helping particularly to feed Corps members during Orientation Camps and contributing towards achieving food sufficiency in the country. The Scheme has gone ahead to reinvigorate and reposition its ventures and farm operations with the establishment of integrated farm settlements in the six geo-political zones of the country. They are sited in Ezillo, Ebonyi State in the South-East, Iseyin, Oyo State in the South-West, Obubra, Cross River State in the South-South, Dangulbi, Bauchi State in the North-East, Kebbi in the North-West and Leleyi, Kwali in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Each project line in the various farm centres is designed to develop a value chain to create globally acceptable products and generate jobs and create wealth. Apart from contributing to the national economy and generating revenue for the Scheme, the farms and ventures also serve as centres for skills acquisition and entrepreneurship training for both Corps Members and youths of the community where they are located.
In recent times, the Scheme has become an indispensable part of the conduct of general elections in Nigeria. The collaboration between NYSC and the electoral umpire INEC, for the use of Corps Members in election duties was mainly aimed at improving the credibility of the process. The collaboration started with the use of Corps Members as Polling Clerks in the conduct of Kogi State re-run Governorship election in 2008. The success of the experiment culminated in the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the INEC and NYSC for the use of Corps Members as ad-hoc staff in conducting elections in the country. The professional conduct and patriotism exhibited by Corps Members involved in managing elections since then took a notch higher the integrity of elections in Nigeria. In separate reports, domestic and international observers acknowledged that the 2011, 2015 and 2019 elections were successful mainly due to the immense contribution of Corps Members. Indeed, the European Union Observation Mission for 2019 General Elections specially recognised and rewarded seventy-five (75) Corps members across the country for their outstanding performance during the elections.
Similarly, the NYSC is engaged in numerous collaborations to execute governmental and non-governmental programmes/projects which is a testimony that the Scheme has not only been in the forefront of national response to issues/programmes that are of immense importance to the well-being of Nigerians, but is key to the success and implementation of same. In league with many agencies and organisations NYSC has played significant roles in advocacy campaigns in agricultural development, employment generation, fight against polio, malaria, guinea worm etc. Others include active participation of Corps Members in afforestation, promotion of environmental sanitation, road safety and anti-corruption campaigns. The Scheme continues to attract requests for collaboration as a result of the realisation that its pool of skilled manpower and active presence in all the Local Governments Areas of the country puts it in a better stead to domesticate any programme or project at the grass roots level. NYSC has equally continued to renew and make itself indispensable through evolving policies and programmes in response to prevailing needs of the country. One of such is the introduction of skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training into the service year programme to complement government’s effort in tackling youth unemployment. It is designed to develop the spirit of self reliance in Corps Members by equipping them with essential skills and capacities for self employment and wealth creation. Successful partnership with funding institutions such as the Bank of Industry and the Central Bank of Nigeria on the provision of start-up capital for Corps entrepreneurs has resulted in the disbursement of N1.84 billion to 14,428 beneficiaries.
Sensitisation of over one million four hundred thousand on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship with over six hundred thousand receiving various levels of training in skill areas such as agro-allied, food preservation and processing, culture and tourism, cosmetology, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), environment, beautification, construction, education, power and energy, film and photography and automobile technology. The construction, equipping and handover by Access Bank of a mega Skill Acquisition Centre for the North East Zone in Gombe and that of the South West Skill Acquisition Centre which is nearing completion in Ekiti State are part of the efforts by the Scheme’s Management to enhance the implementation of the programme. The plan is to replicate these centres in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country. Apart from the above impressive accomplishments, perhaps, one of the Scheme’s critical functions at present is saving the Nigeria society from a possible social upheaval arising from thrusting psychologically unprepared thousands of youths into the burgeoning labour market right from the ivory towers with little prospects of employment for many. Exposing to the sudden reality, youths who have just left higher institutions of learning with lofty dreams, expectations and ideals of what the society is or should be, could be devastating and ominous. The one year NYSC programme serves as a buffer and prepares the youths to embrace the society in its reality as it enables them, during the period of the assignment, to gradually learn how the Nigerian system, institutions and society operate and come to terms with the reality vis-à-vis their expectations. Indeed, in its 47 years of existence the NYSC despite teething challenges has justified its establishment. In addition to delivering on its core mandate of promoting national cohesion, it has extended its frontier of relevance, making inestimable contributions in all areas of development of the country.
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi sums up the relevance of the Scheme thus, “There is no gainsaying that the Scheme has fulfilled the objectives of engendering national unity and integration of the country which is the core vision of the founding fathers. It has also harnessed the potentials of our graduate youths as models for defining credible and quality leadership, economic regeneration and true patriotism”. Given the necessary support by stakeholders, the Scheme is on the path right to not only surpassing the visions of the founding fathers, but also becoming an indispensable catalyst for Nigeria’s socio-economic development aspirations.
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Imo North Senate Seat: The Dire Imperative For Continuity By Senator (Engr) Patrick Ndubueze For The Eleventh Senate
(By Jim C.Isilebo).
As the tempo of political activities hightens preceeding the conduct of 2027 General elections in the country,expectedly,all political actors jostling for one elective office or the other,have concurrently raised their preparation and maneuvers towards the actualization of their respective aspirations of being elected..
A cursory survey of the recent developments in Imo North Senatorial District of Imo state,is indicative of the emergence of various interest groups with all categories of individuals for her Senatorial seat presently occupied by one of the most valuable revelations of Nigeria’s 10th Senate, Distinguished Senator Patrick Chinwuba Ndubueze,a thorough bred and consumate professional engineer from Umualumoke Okigwe local government area of Imo state.
According to an Imo-born commentator on public affairs and age-long ally of the Senator,Chief Ethelbert Nwachukwu,whom over the years have monitored his political trajectory,this uncommon politician who was once a member of House of Representatives at a relatively young age of twenty eight,in the early nineties during the Abacha-aborted political experimentation of former head of state General Ibrahim Babangida,Ndubueze,commenced his quest of representing the people of Imo North Senatorial District,or Okigwe zone of a wider geographical space with his sojourn at DPN.
Ever seen then,he has perennially continued to make relentless efforts in virtually every election cycle towards actualizing his avowed target,despite advises from friends and associates to step down and take another shot at the lower house of Representatives.
Over the years,keen watchers of contemporary political development in Imo North Senatorial district will attest to the fact that on each of the occasions of his contest for this Senate seat,he won at both the primaries and main elections,but unfortunately was denied victory pronouncement by the notorious ‘Nigerian factor’.
But finally providence smiled at Ndubueze in the 2023 general election when his long-sort aspiration came to fruition as he emerged victorious at both the elections and courts.
At this juncture Senator Ndubueze being a resolutely committed Christian,in recompense for answered prayers to God made a vow to commit all his energy and resources towards a desirable and valuable stewardship to the good people of Okigwe Senatorial zone,as he immediately rolled up his sleeves and went to work which has yielded enviable dividends since the advent of the present political dispensation as shown below.
ROAD NETWORKS INFRASTRUCTURES
Senator Ndubueze, as an unsullied and home-bred politician,coupled with his professional training as a tested civil engineer, clearly understood the challenges of his people.
Following which he firmly pledged to his people during his electioneering campaign to do everything within the ambits of his powers,capability,and capacity to ensure that the key interconnecting roads in Okigwe zone were well captured in the Appropriation Acts.
He envisaged that if there is an intentional,honest and diligent pursuit in the execution implementation of these projects, it will bring communities within the zone much closer to one another,thus awakening their realisation of oneness.
In pursuant to this,during his short-lived tenure as Senate Committee Chairman on Works,Senator Ndubueze facilitated the capturing of several roads within the zone in the 2024 Appropriation Act,some of which are advanced completion stages, or about commencement at the moment.They include;
(i) Umuelemai-Ikpem-Orreh-Umualumoke-Enugu/PH Expressway(25km.Linking Isiala-Mbano,Ehime-Mbano,Onuimo,and Okigwe.
(ii) Ishinweke-Uboma-Ugwaka-Ezinnachi-Ogii-Enugu/PH Expressway(29 5kms).Linking Okigwe,Ihitte-Uboma & extending to Obowo.
(iii) Afor Umuna-Umuduruegbeaguru-Ndiadimoha road(13kms).Linking Okigwe and Onuimo.
(iv) Aba branch-Eke Ahiara-Okpala road.Linking Ehime- Mbano,Ahiazu-Mbaise,Abor-Mbaise & Ngor Okpala.
Complimentary to the above,Senator Ndubueze have also leveraged on his Vice-chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),to facilitate in capturing of some arterial road projects and other vital infrastructures as,Skills Acquisition Centers,Construction/Reconstruction of dilapidated schools infrastructure,Solar community lifgting projects,in their 2025/26 budgetary year.He is assidiously working towards the successfull processing and execution of these projects in the nearest future.
SPONSORSHIP OF BILLS & MOTIONS.
Being cognitive of the fact that conventionally the basic responsibility of the Legislature across the globe,ditto our National Assembly,is law-making.
Therefore Senator Ndubueze during his electioneering campaign resolutely reassured his constituents of their voices literally re-echoing oncemore at the floor of the Red chambers.
The Senator have never reneged on this promise as shown in his robust participation with constructive and vital inputs at both plenary and committee levels in the Senate over the last three years.
Comparative records available on a substantial percentage of his colleagues from the South East zone and nationally are clearly indicative of his excellent and commendable delivery in sponsorship, core-sponsorship of critical Bills and Motions.
Some of these Bills have been passed and accented by the President,whereas some are either awaiting Presidential accents or at their various stages of Bills passage.They include:-
*(A) Bills;*
(i) Project Development Agency(PRODA) Bill-2023(SB 49).
(ii) Public Partnership Regulatory Commission Bill-2023(SB 131)
(iii) National Road Fund Bill,2023(SB 60).
(iv) National Centre For Cancer Research & Treatment(Establishment) Bill 2024(SB 347).
(v) Federal University Okigwe,Imo state(Establishment)2024.
(vi) Federal Medical Centre (Ammendment)Bill 2023(SB-315).*Note*:Originated from the House,but aided speedy/ seamless Senate Concurrence.
(vii) Local Automative Industry Patronage Bill,2023(SB 315).
*(B)Motions(Sponsored/Co-sponsored)*.
(i) Need to investigate the controversial huge expenditures on Premium Motor Spirit(PMS)under the subsidy recovery regime of NNPC,11th July 2023(Sponsored).
(ii) Need to holistically investigate the disbursement of loans by Development Bank of Nigeria NIRSAL,and related banks to Micro, Small,and Medium scale Enterprises(MSME)in Nigeria from 2015 to date,12th July 2023.(Co-sponsored).
(iii) Collapse of Road Infrastructure in Nigeria, 19th July 2023.
(iv)Poor state of roads Infrastructure/menace of Gully Erosion in Nigeria,19th July 2023.(Co-sponsored).
(v) Condemnation of the disruptive nature of of ‘Sit-at-Home’ demonstrations in the South East,26th July 2023.
(vi) Urgent need to balance geo-political representation in ministerial appointments,7th August 2023.
(vii) Urgent need to withdraw from schools the book “Fundamentals of Civic Education for Basic 8(JSS2) by Shola Akinyemi,5th October 2023.
(viii) Urgent need to upgrade the Eastern Rail Line,traversing PH-Enugu-Maiduguri)from Narrow Gauge Rail, 15th November 2023.
(ix) Introduction of Food Stamps in Nigeria as interim measure to address Imminent food insecurity in the country, 21st February 2024.
JINX-BREAKING LEGACY PROJECTS.
Aside from all the major roads interconnecting the six local government areas of the state which Senator Ndubueze is consciously pursuing for eventual implementation,because on completion they will all outlive our generation,there are remarkable pivotal projects,he conceptualized to lift the entire zone off its current state as the least developed in Imo state.They are;
*(1)Greater Okigwe Regional Power Project*.
One key pivotal legacy projects that Senator Patrick Ndubueze will for ever be associated with by posterity and remembered for are his roles in addressing the age-long concerning electricity challenge that has bedeviled Okigwe zone for several years now. In a bid to resolving it, Senator Ndubueze from first day in office took,the Bull by the horns and embarked on the Greater Okigwe Regional Power Project in pursuit of solutions in synergy with various relevant Federal government agencies,robustly supported by his Excellency the governor of Imo state Senator Hope Uzodinma.
This multibillion naira venture pursuit by the Senator has eventually led to the awards and implementation of multiple contracts by different Electricity-related Federal government agencies,ie,Transmission Company of Nigeria(TCN) and FGN-Power Holding Company,resulting in errection of mega transmission towers with their complimenting power lines.
Just recently,the entire Okigwe people,Imolites and the adjoining state of Abia heartily heralded the arrival to Okigwe of the long-awaited gigantic 1/63MVA MOBITRA sub-station,which when eventually energised will turn around the development pace of the Senatorial zone.
*(2)Federal University Okigwe*
Cognitive of the fact that Okigwe Senatorial District is the only zone in Imo state without a full fledged University(state or federal),Senator Ndubueze promptly pushed for one on his assumption of office by presenting a Bill he had earlier conceptualized even before elected.
He assidiously and diligently followed it up from reading,passage and accent by Mr President, His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu(GCFR),and also have not ceased in profusely appreciating the unquantifiable enormous contributions of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Imo state,Senator Hope Uzodinma(GCON),in seeing this dream come to fruition.
This omnibus institution, which will attract multibillion naira investments into the zone from governmental and non-governmental organisations from within and outside the country on commencement will positively expedite a preponderance of positive economic activities,not only within its immediate location,but also the zone at large.
*(3)Ezinnachi Regional Grain Silo
In recent months, Senator Ndubueze have meaningfully engaged constructively with authorities of Federal Ministry of Agriculture on this abandoned Grain Silo sighted in Ezinnachi to serve the South East geopolitical zone.
The interactions which are yielding very positive results will lead to the relocation and expansion of the facility to more appropriate site.When completed,this will be of huge benefits to farmers within the zone that will put it to maximum utility.
It is worthy of note that on completion of these mega projects in the zone, they will on aggregate attract a whooping investment over two hundred billion *(N200billion)* to Okigwe zone,which is not by any standard a mean feat.
Therefore,it will be foolhardy and unimaginable for Okigwe people to trust the execution and conclusion of these critical infrastructures in the hands of individuals who are utterly alien and distanced from their conceptualization and direction,or understand the vision of their promoter,Senator Patrick Ndubueze.
HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT.
In view of the intractable unemployment and under-employment challenges plaguing the country for a very long time,moreso as at affects his constituents,Senator Ndubueze, on assumption of office have been inundated daily will countless requests from his many of his ably qualified youths seeking for assistance in this regard or aided in undertaking improved skills re-tooling programs to face this daunting realities.
In striving to address this huge problems within his capacity, Senator Ndubueze have been spiritedly making attempts by exploring available opportunities within relevant Federal and state government ministeries,departments and agencies (MDA’s),all aimed at meaningfully engaging,empowering and employing the much in this overwhelming pool he can be able to assist.
Sequel to this, he has facilitated the following beneficiaries in gaining from the following efforts:
(i) International Capacity Building in China
BATCH-A.: “Seminar on Frontier Health Quarantine for officials of developing countries”.● Ekwebelem Isdore Ikechukwu.●Onyeka Gospel Tony Chinasa.●Ihekweme Mbazuike Anthony.
BATCH-B. “Seminar on Malaria control for developing countries”.●Iwuoha Chinedum Chimezie.●Eze Ndukauba.●Ogbonna Emmanuel Chidi.
BATCH-C: “Seminar on Law-based and Internationalised Business Environment for BRI countries.●Nwaudo Arinze Onyeonoro.
BATCH-D: “Seminar on Emergency Telecom Network for Developing Countries”.●Chigozie Samuel Onwuegbu.
BATCH-E: “Seminar on Agricultural Biotechnology for developing countries”.●Ezekwem Christopher Chukwudi.●Henry Chinedu Onwudiwe.
*(2)Federal Ministry of Steel Boot-Camp Training Program*.
As Chairman Senate Committee on Steel Development,Senator Patrick Ndubueze has leveraged on that opportunity to facilitate the participation of twenty-one(21) youths on the ministry’s one-month apprenticeship tutelage program at the Metalurgical Training Institute, Onitsha, in March 2025, after which they were all equipped with expendive specialised starter-packs to assist in their vocational take off.
The beneficiaries are;■ Ezeala Osinachi
Stanley.
■Ikechukwu Onyemaechi.
■Uwazurike Nzubechi Edith.
■Ezekwem Wilson Uchenna.
■Onyekaonwu Evans Obinna.
■Esilonu Uche Henry.
■Alisi Chukwuemeka Christopher.
■Ezekwem Chimezie Isdore.
■Ogbonna Patrick Santos.
■Osuji Ifeanyi.
■Okebata Isioma.
■Okafor Sandra.
■Onwe Chioma Lora.
■Onwu Onyedi.■
Ilo Chinwendu.
■Sopuruchi Uwa.
■Ozoemena Herbert.
■Oluchi Precious.
■Nzubechi Edith.
■Uwa Festus.
■Okenna Goodluck.
In addition to all the above,and within his first two years at the Senate,Engineer Patrick Ndubueze has also aided four (4) of his constituents skilled personnel in travelling to Kuwait and meaningfully engaged.
EMPLOYMENT/TRAINING IN MINISTRIES DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES(MDA’s).
(a) *National Steel Council*.● Keke Elvis Nnaemeka.●Maduabuchi Ngozi Genevieve.●Mbiaka Kennedy Chinedum.●Ezekwem Christopher Chukwudi.●Chukwuma Cyril Chukwuebuka.●Madu Kingsley Ifeanyi●Igonor Rebecca Ufor.●Bekee Esther Chioma.
*(b).National Steel Raw Material Exploration Agency*.●Ike Phubian Nneka. ●Ebo Emeka Christopher. ●Ohaneje Chinonso●Onyemelusi Gabriel .●Ogechi Igwe. ●Nnanna Obinna.●Ike Justice Chigozie.
*(c) Nigerian Police Forcel(Officers Cadre)*●Akubuike Chinemerem Patrick. ●Oti Nzubechi Marcellus.●Anyanwu Deborah. ●Obialor Chinemerem Miriam. ●Onyejide Elizabeth.
*(d) Nigerian Navy(Officers Cadre)*■Anyanwu Divine.■Uche Bunny Chinua.■Wilson David Eyo.
*(e) Nigerian Army(Officers Cadre)*.●Dominic Chijindu Franklin.
*(f) Nigerian Police Academy*■Iwuozor Precious Udochukwu.
*(g)University of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences,Umuagwo Imo state (Employment)*●Ojiridike Ibe Steve. ●Egbulonu Uche.●Dr Irene Onwuegbute.
*(h) Federal University Teaching Hospital(former FMC)Owerri (Employment)*.●Dr Loveth Chibuka Onwuegbu.
*(i)National Assembly Services Commission*●Onyekaonwu Justina Nnenna.
DECEMBER 31ST 2024 OKIGWE MEGA EMPOWERMENT.
On the 31st of December 2024,Senator Ndubueze pulled off one of the most ambitious Senatorial empowerment programme since the advent of the current democratic dispensation in 1999.
The event which was witnessed by the the Executive Governor of Imo state His Excellency Senator Hope Uzodinma,his wife and a large of the state Executive and Legislative arms,saw Senator Ndubueze dispensing to lucky beneficiary-constituents first in the zone’s history large number of empowerment items as start-up aids or in support of their respective businesses.
The items include;●19 Mini buses.●10 Tricycles.●119 Grinding machines.●96 Sewing machines.●22 Power Generating sets.●23 Laptops. ●23 Refrigerators.●12 Motorcycles.
MISCELLANEOUS INTERVENTIONS.
(a) Embarked on distribution of 4000 bags of rice to less privileged and windows across the six local government areas of Okigwe.
(b)Procurement and installation of (500),five hundred solar-powered street lights in various communities in the zone.
(c) Facilitating the attraction of NCC base station with capacity to accommodate (7) seven networks to Okigwe.
In conclusion,some of the rare virtues of Distinguished Senator Patrick Chinwuba Ndubueze,that has aptly earned him the appellation as an “uncommon Senator” ,is his striking straightforwardness & bluntness in engagement on issues.
Ndubueze will hardly promise you what he clearly knows will have challenges in fulfilment and therefore stays safe without such commitments.
If you’re the type who believes that our political representatives should convert our infrastructural dividends to liquid cash for the purpose of freely dispensing same to attract followership like “Father Christmas” as against deploying it rightfully for the development of the generality of his constituents,you may find it difficult to be his fan.
In fact he once joked that….” if he was to appropriate to himself half the value of these mega projects he brought home and share it amongst his fans in the 64 wards of his constituency,he will be worshipped by them,but at the expenseof God’s wrath”.
He is also focused and resilient in pursuant of his set objectives.
Senator Ndubueze, who is a workaholic,also is comfortable living a basically simple & affordable lifestyle,which reflects in his non-flamboyant dressing mode,leisure,food and drinks.As a matter of fact,Ndubueze best drink is fanta orange,and sparingly takes quarter-glass of wine,amongst friends and associates.
Even the type of automobiles he opts to use are indicative of his life choice.Till date he happens to be about the only Senator in the National Assembly who has “stubbornly” stuck with his belief in patronising “Made in Nigeria” vehicles.
He proudly drives and parades his INNOSON SUV at work daily and everywhere he goes in Abuja,as an exemplification of identifying with the inherent principles of his Local Automative Industry Patronage Bill,which incidentally is in sync with Mr President’s promotion of “Nigeria First initiative”.
*Chief Isilebo,is a Consultant on Strategic Communication,and writes from Abuja, Nigeria*
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