The Secretary to Rivers State Government, Prof. Ibibia Worika has reiterated the commitment of Rivers State Administrator, Vice Admiral (Rtd) Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas in upholding the ideals of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Worika spoke in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area during the 2025 NYSC/Corps Employers workshop, with the theme: “Strengthening NYSC/Corps Employers Partnership for Improved Service Delivery.”
Prof. Worika used the occasion to assure the NYSC management and Corps Members in Rivers State that the government will not rest on its oars in aligning the operations of the scheme with global best practices.
He thanked employers for upholding the principles and practice of the service year, just as he tasked others to desist from covering up corps’ members who do not serve. He also appreciated NYSC members who have been committed to upholding the scheme’s principles.
On his part, the Director General of NYSC, Brig Gen Olakunle Nafiu, represented by the Deputy Director Operations, NYSC South South Area Office II, Port Harcourt, Mr. Chijioke Duru, described the workshop as an essential tool for decision-making, aimed at engaging employers for strategic communication, harmonization of views and opportunity to explain the scheme’s policy direction.
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Earlier, in his welcome address, the Coordinator of NYSC in Rivers State, Mr. Moses Oleghe had informed the employers that the major essence of the workshop centered around the issue of “welfare of Corps members and how to effectively mobilize them for the socio-economic development of Nigeria, and in particular, Rivers State.”
He reminded the employers that Corps members are mostly non-indigenes in their states of service and thus “need and deserve bountiful hospitality from their host communities to optimally discharge their duties.”
Highpoint of the occasion was the recognition of outstanding employers with exceptional welfare packages for corps members, including the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry worldwide, Apostle Chinyere Chibuzor, Brig Gen S. Ahmed, Garrison Commander 6 Division, Nigerian Army; the MD/CEO of Save A Life Hospital, Dr. Richard Okoye, the Administrator of Port Harcourt local government area, Dr (Barr.) Samuel Kalagbor, amongst others.
