NYSC Established Area Office In Osun

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has established its area office in Osun State to serve the South-West region.

Mr Adewale Adegoke, the NYSC Coordinator in the state disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Osogbo.

According to Adegoke, the area office would be in charge of the six states in the South-West region and would be saddled with the function  of monitoring the mobilization of corps members.

He said the large number of corps members being turned out on a yearly basis necessitated the establishment of the area office.

Adegoke therefore  warned corps members against absconding from the one year mandatory service, that  the action was against Section 3 (1b) of NYSC Act.

He added that any corps member found wanting for three months would be remobilized for the scheme.

NYSC is a body established by law and all graduates of any institution, either in Nigeria or abroad, within the age of 30 years must under go the one-year mandatory scheme.

Adegoke strongly cleard the air that the NYSC is a body established by law for all graduates  in Nigeria and abroad within the age of 30 years must pass through, evading the scheme is an offence.

He added that the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Department of NYSC is to equipped corp members in order to be self employed.