NYSC Service Year has four cardinal programmes namely
| Orientation
and induction Course |
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| Winding
– up / Passing – Out Exercise |
Corps members working
at Olorunda Local Government |
Mr.
Innocent (Zonal Inspector) giving a seminar |
The
Z. I. with his assistants and some corps members.
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It is compulsory for every participant to be inducted
through orientation training before service. During the
curse, Corps members live a fairly regimented life in
camps. Lectures and discussions are held on a wide variety
of National and Local issues.
After the Orientation Course programme, Corps members
proceed for primary assignment which form the greater
part of the service Year.
Under the Community Development service (CDS) Corps members
are encouraged to undertake on a year round basis, projects
that are of felt – need and of developmental importance
to host communities.
The Service Year is rounded off with a Passing –
Out Parade during which certificates of National Service
are issued to corps members who successfully completes
of National Service are special honours conferred on those
Corps members whose performance during the year is adjudged
outstanding.
PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT
We believe that because of its uniqueness, the NYSC is
pre-eminently suited to reverse the dearth of professionals
in the rural areas. Therefore, one of the primary aims
of the scheme’s rural thrust is to assist the Government
in the long term, to bring rural areas to the same level
of development as obtained in the cities. Quite a number
of participants will be posted to the rural areas for
their primary assignment and will be expected to accept
their posting in the true spirit of national service.
HINTS
ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE (CDS)
1. Community development Service is one of the four important
cardinal programmes of NYSC Scheme. It is known as the
secondary assignment.
The objective of the C.D.S. are as follows:-
(a) To install in Corps members the tradition of dignity
of labour.
(b) Endear them to their host communities by enabling
them contribute tangibly and visibly to local development
efforts.
(c) Afford corps members through working with the local
inhabitants greater insights into local traditions, customs
and general knowledge of the people.
(d) Motivate local communities into self help projects.
2. COMPULSORY GENERAL C.D.S.
I. There is a compulsory general CDS which Corps members
are to participate in weekly. Zonal Inspectors will choose
a day of the week and notify the Corps Employers to release
their Corps members for this general CDS.
II.
Allowances of corps members who fail to participate on
a regular basis in general CDS will be embargoed and they
may be asked to stay back at the end of service year to
serve extension of twice the absented number of days.
III. Apart from the above there could be individual CDS
project which could be executed by the corps members alone
or with a select group of corps members. Whether individual
or group projects they should be community felt needs.
C.D.S. lectures during the orientation Course would afford
you more details on this.
IV. Additional information
(a). Individual and group CDS projects should be arranged
in such that the time for carrying out the work does not
conflict with the schedule of duties in places of primary
assignments.
(b). Corps members must discuss with their employers on
all the projects earmarked for acceptance and if need
be, for possible financial and materials supports. The
community that will benefit from such projects should
also be contacted for acceptance, financing and participation.
(c). After identifying viable projects, corps members
must seek the approval of the State director before embarking
on them. All communications to state government must be
channelled through the NYSC State Director.
(d). Report of their individual or groups CDS projects
are to be sent to the NYSC secretariat by the Corps members
themselves monthly or quarterly through the Zonal Inspectors
in each area.
(e). During the CDS, corp members as well as the Zonal
Inspectors and the officers attached to the office of
the Zonal Inspector may present seminars which may deal
on different topics. The seminars is aimed at improving
the knowledge base of the participants involved and the
society at large as well as providing a forum for research.
ZONAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
In 1991, the Local Government Zonal Administration was
introduced whereby a number of Local Government areas
in each state of the federation were brought under a Zonal
Officer to further decentralise the administration of
the scheme in each state. This aimed at checking factors
which might impede effective monitoring of corps members
performance while bringing the scheme nearer to the grassroot.
Participants are advised to identify their Zonal Offices
and channel all requests and communications through their
respective Zonal Inspectors. Loitering in the Secretariat
will not be condoned.
THE
ROLE OF CORPS LIAISION OFFICERS (CLO) IN EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AREA IN OSUN STATE
The bridge communication gap that may arise in any phase
of the service year programme between serving corps members,
the NYSC Secretariat and host communities, the NYSC Secretariat
posts a Corps Liaison Officer (CLO) to each Local Government
Secretariat in Osun State. The CLO is a corps members
of an outstanding character.
His/Her schedule of duties includes:-
1. Ensuring that all Corps members posted to the Local
government Area report in their places of primary assignment
and ensure that they are given comfortable accommodation.
2. Compiling and updating from time to time the register
and other records of all Corps members serving in his/her
Local Government Area.
3. Organising and mobilising them for the Community development
projects and other ad – hoc Nation programmes.
4. Liaise with Corps employers in the Local Government
areas on Corps member’s welfare and discipline such
as: health, convocation leave, outstanding ` performance,
rejection, underulisation etc.
5. Compiling a monthly payment register for all corps
members serving in the Local Government area based on
the submission of authentic Monthly Clearance from Corps
employers and satisfactory attendance at C.D.S. programmes
during the month.
6. Conveying timely return on Nos. 1 – 5 to the
NYSC Zonal Inspector (Z.I.) in charge of his/her zone
for verification and transmission to the NYSC state Secretariat.
7. The CLO reports directly to the NYSC Local Government
Inspectors (L.G. Is) Area for all the duties outlined
above and any other duties considered of great benefit
to the Local Government Area and the host communities.
8. The CLO should submit the monthly clearance to the
officer of the Zonal Inspector on or before 10th of every
month. This will enable the Z.I. to verify and submit
them to Account Division at the secretariat.
CONCLUSION
During the course of the service year you will be called
upon to represent the secretariat in State and National
engagements. This is a great honour and should be seen
as such. It is dis – service to the scheme to fail
to give your best on such occasions and the height of
indiscipline to decline to render such services. Be patriotic
by giving your unalloyed support to your state of deployment
to keep its pride of first place in all NYSC activities.
I have no doubt in my mind that you will aim at bringing
more honours to your State Secretariat and the NYSC Scheme.
