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President’s NYSC Honour Award Selection Committee Inaugurated

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1 year ago

March 12, 2024

Joel Ajayi

The National Youth Service Corps on Tuesday inaugurated the newly reconstituted Presidents Honours Award Selection Committee to select and submit names of deserving and the best corps members for the President’s National (NYSC) Honours Award.

The President’s NYSC Honours Award was instituted in 1974 to encourage Corps Members to contribute to national development by embarking on CDS among other activities.

Inaugurating the committee on Tuesday in Abuja, the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Director-General, Maj.-Gen. YD Ahmed charged them to approach the process dispassionately and improve on standards already set.

According to him, the award is to serve as motivation for hard work and reward for excellence among the Corps Members Since its commencement, one thousand four hundred and twenty-six (1426) Ex-Corps Members have so far received the Award, which is usually conferred by the President.

“The selection process is based on the assessment of Corps Members performance in all the major programs of the NYSC, namely Orientation Course; Primary Assignment; Community Development Service, as well as Winding-Up and Passing-Out activities.

“In addition, other personal qualities such as a sense of duty, drive, determination, initiative, resourcefulness, leadership traits, discipline, and teamwork are considered.

“Usually, the best of the NYSC State Honours Award winners are nominated for consideration for the Presidential award. Therefore, the selection of final winners from the State nominees precedes every successful President’s NYSC Honours Award Ceremony.

“There is no gainsaying the fact that the integrity of the selection process will determine the public acceptance of the eventual winners. On this premise, and given the caliber of personalities on this committee, I am confident that the outcomes of the impending screening and selection exercise will be credible.

“We also look forward to suggestions that will assist in improving the process. With the caliber of personalities on the Committee, I do not doubt that you will deliver on this important mandate.” He assured.

In his opening address the Director, of Corps Welfare/Health Services, Mr. AF Omotade pledged to the national assignment with all the seriousness it deserves.

“As part of deliberate efforts to ensure merit, objectivity, and thoroughness in the selection process, always draw the membership of the National Selection Committee, from relevant institutions, Agencies, and from among other stakeholders that assist the NYSC in its program implementation.

“Therefore, the credibility and integrity of the process are germane and cannot be overstressed. Looking at an assemblage of distinguished personalities that are being saddled with this onerous task, I am convinced that the outcome of this exercise will be profound, credible, and acceptable.”

Speaking further, he said: “Besides, this Committee will be dealing with a backlog of arrears occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic which disrupted normal NYSC operations in 2020 and most of 2021.

“Our major assignment will be a consideration and selection of nominees from 2020 Batches ‘A’ and ‘B’, 2021 Batches ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’, and 2022 Batches ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ service years.”

In her remark, the Chairman, of the NYSC Honours Award National Selection Committee and vice-chancellor, of the University of Benin, Professor Lilian Imuetinyan Salami commended NYSC for its tremendous achievements in grooming youths for leadership roles.

She promised objectivity, fairness, and integrity while discharging their official mandate; “We are major stakeholders and I want to assure all Nigeria that we are going to put integrity in the forefront, we will not sub-change any grandaunts, we will put our best to ensure those who are worthy to be celebrated will celebrate.”

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NTAC DG Celebrates President Tinubu’s Second Year as Nigeria’s President

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3 days ago

May 29, 2025

The Gleamer

…Highlights His Leadership Skills and Economic Achievements

Joel Ajayi
Director General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps,Rt.Hon.Yusuf Buba Yakub says President Tinubu has risen above global economic dynamics and confronted squarely other regional and countrywide downturns to place Nigeria on the path of self-redemption, effervescent hope and optimism for a glorious tomorrow.

The NTAC boss,who stated the above in a congratulatory message made available to press men today in Abuja in commemoration of the second year anniversary of the Tinubu Presidency,added that Nigerians were excited at how ingeniously President Tinubu was able to pull back an economy tottering on the brinks of collapse to one that has started repaying debts and raising external reserves of the country.
The rest of the piece read:

“Your Excellency,Mr.President and Father of the Nation, *Letter of Congratulations on Your Two Years of Impactful Leadership and Service to Nigeria

“Permit me to respectfully avail myself of this means and the auspicious occasion of your second anniversary in office as President and Commander-in-Chief,Federal Republic of Nigeria, to convey my humble congratulations on the reformative and transformational turnaround that you have injected into governance and national leadership in these last two years since assuming the Nigerian Presidency.

“Without an iota of doubt,Sir,you came in,you saw and you have conquered.In the immortal words of one of the greatest leaders of all time:” You Have Done What Napoleon Could Not Do!”

“I recall with the clarity of a former federal lawmaker,who with every sense of modesty was in a position to know at the time,how our national life was mired in loss of hope, uncertainty, deepening insecurity, ethno-regional tensions as well as sullen economic indices.

“It was, indeed,a tall order to find that man who could clean the Augean stable,which, in fairness to the immediate-past national leadership,arose as a result of several factors,most of which were global and , therefore, beyond their total control.

“Today,Your Excellency,Mr.President,you have not only risen above global economic dynamics but confronted squarely other regional and countrywide downturns to place our nation back on the path of self-redemption, effervescent hope and optimism for a glorious tomorrow!

“Today,Your Excellency,many Nigerians,in spite of what you often refer to as “current pangs of hardship for a better tomorrow”,are excited at how ingenious you have brought back an economy tottering on the brinks of collapse to one that has started repaying debts and raising our external reserves.Surely,this could not have been an accident of leadership,but the result of a well-intended and carefully executed fiscal policy that has delivered on its premeditated targets.

“Your Excellency,Mr.President,as we ruminate on the path through which you have led us through these past two years, Nigerians may not be very much aware of the many hours of sleep you lose to hold the nation together,to keep the economy on a sound footing,to restore the prices of goods and commodities to the pre-energy subsidy removal era,to ease tensions in regions with security challenges and to keep our workers happy,but every Nigerian knows that the nation has a leader that truly cares. We all can attest to this in your body language and poise each time you address the nation!

“Your Excellency,Mr.President,we may go on and on to chronicle the quantum leap your gracious leadership skills and initiated policies have foisted on the nation these past years,but those who do not travel abroad may not fully understand the extent of the positive turnaround that you have caused to happen in our individual and collective destinies across the globe in so short a time.Simply put,it suffices to just say here that the honour of our green passport has also been largely restored,thanks to Your Excellency,Mr.President’s Foreign Policy Initiatives and leadership ingenuity these past two years of purposeful leadership.

“Your Excellency,Mr.President,Sir,as you take a detour into the next half of your glorious first tenure,we,who you graciously appointed as some of your foot soldiers,join millions of your admirers, well-wishers and mentees across the world to wish you well and to pray that you daily continue to draw from the rich reservoir of wisdom, strength and good health deposited in you by the Almighty God Himself at creation to lead Nigeria and Africa in the right direction.

“For myself and my family,and on behalf of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps (NTAC),which by the grace of God, your magnanimous appointment and continuous support I currently head,I congratulate you once again ,Your Excellency,Mr.President and Father of the Nation,and pray that you find more health, wisdom, inspiration and strength to continue to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda and maintain the path of realizing The Nigerian Dream in our lifetime,” the NTAC DG concluded.

Following the swearing-in ceremonies held at the Eagle Square,Abuja,on May 29,2023, President Tinubu took over the reins of leadership, succeeding his Party man and immediate-past President,Gen.Muhammadu Buhari,Retd.

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