Approach service with courage, determination –Sanwo-Olu charges corps members
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu
Lagos State Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday advised new corps members in the state to approach their national service with courage, sense of purpose and determination.
Sanwo-Olu gave the charge at the swearing in of the 2025 Batch B, Stream 1, corps members.
He was represented by the Permanent Secretary in Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mrs Toyin Oke-Osanyintolu.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the swearing-in ceremony marked the opening of a three-week orientation course for the corps members.
The event took place at the NYSC temporary orientation camp at Iyana-Ipaja.
The governor described the orientation course as crucial, saying that lessons from it would help to shape the corps members to be responsible citizens and leaders.
“Strive to become exemplary. Let your service year be both meaningful and enriching.
“The state rewards diligence. If you wish to succeed, you must remain focused, work hard, seize opportunities as they arise, and determine to leave every place better than you found it, he said.
In her capacity, Oke-Osanyintolu expressed optimism that the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Agbowa, Ikorodu, Lagos, would be completed in 2026.
She disclosed that construction of the camp was already 70 per cent completed,
“I am hoping that by the end of 2026, the construction should be completed, and Mr Governor would be sure to commission the project before the end of his tenure,” she said.
The permanent secretary called on the corps members to be actively engaged in programmes put in place at the orientation camp in preparation for their primary assignments.
In her remarks, the Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Christina Salmwang, charged the corps members to uphold the scheme’s core values and contribute to Nigeria’s development.
Salmwang said the orientation course was designed to expose the corps members to the values of discipline, integrity, self-development, service and entrepreneurship, among others.
She disclosed that 5,005 prospective corps members were deployed to Lagos, adding that 2,329 were accommodated, while the others were taken to Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states for the orientation course due to accommodation constraint.
“I urge you to take all that this camp offers. Embrace the core values of integrity, discipline, service and unity.
“These values are at the core of what NYSC stands for and what this country needs.
“This is a very significant milestone in your life. Make your families, your institutions and, indeed, this nation proud by becoming role models for your generation,” she said.
NAN reports that oath of allegiance was administered to the corps members by Justice Mosunmola Balogun, who represented the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Ijeoma Popoola
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