By Albert Akota
The Director-General, NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has advised Corps Members to acquaint themselves with the criteria for the conferment of the President’s NYSC Honours Award.
He was speaking yesterday during his visits to the Orientation Camps in Nasarawa and Benue States.
Ibrahim stressed that potential award winners must have excelled in all the Cardinal Programmes of the Scheme, namely: Orientation, Primary Assignment, Community Development Service and Winding-up/Passing-Out programme.
He added that in the course of carrying out the assessment of Corps Members, which began right from the Orientation Camp, the relevant officers of the Scheme and Corps Employers also looked out for qualities such as hard work, team spirit, resilience, drive and determination as well innovativeness.
He assured that the selection process which is highly credible is usually handled by a Committee of Nigerians with integrity drawn from various organizations in the public and private sectors.
