The Jigawa State government has promised to construct lodges for the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in each of the 27 local
government areas of the State in 2017.
Head of the State Civil
Service (HoS), Alhaji Muhammad Inuwa, made the disclosure on Thursday
after meeting with the executives of the state chapter of the Muslim
Corps members Association of Nigeria (MCAN) in Dutse, the Jigawa
capital.
Inuwa disclosed that the lodges would be 10 bedrooms each to be situated in the headquarters of the councils.
The
HoS explained that the government decided to build the lodges
considering the accommodation challenge faced by NYSC members serving in
Jigawa.
He said government had directed the 27 LGAs to make budgetary provision for the project in their 2017 budget.
Speaking,
Head of the association, Malam Muktar Yakubu, appealed to the state
government to assist them with a bus for easy mobilisation and discharge
of their duties.
Meanwhile, the first batch of three hundred and
ten youth entrepreneurs have benefited from loans under the
CBN-NYSC-Heritage Bank Youth Entrepreneurship Development Programme,
YEDP.
The funds were disbursed to the beneficiaries, comprising
serving and ex-corps members, at a ceremony held at the CBN
Headquarters, Abuja.
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