First Lady charges Corps members on productive engagements

By allcitynews.ng

First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has charged Nigerian youth to engage themselves meaningfully through the creative industry among others.

Mrs Buhari in a message sent to allcitynews.ng by Aliyu Abdullahi, Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity (Office of the First Lady) made the call during a dinner organized for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Contingent on the recent National Day parade.

“Our music, movies, arts, ICT and other creative endeavours offer great and lucrative opportunities for all to explore, and they are youth driven, please take full advantage of these opportunities.”

Mrs. Buhari commended the NYSC members for giving Nigerians a memorable 60th independence anniversary during the National Day parade, noting that stellar performance leads to great success in the future. She said the statement stands true for all Nigerian youths who perform well in various endeavours.

Likewise, Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, in her remark at the occasion, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for doing a lot in building a bright future for Nigerian youth through the various arms of the Social Investment Programme.
Tallen highlighted the most recent, the N75 billion National Youth Investment Fund, designed to finance youth-led innovations.
She thanked the First Lady for supporting government programmes and encouraging youths at all times.

Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Shuaibu Ibrahim expressed appreciation to the President for according priority to matters of youth in general and NYSC in particular.

Ibrahim who reaffirmed the commitment of the scheme to justifying government’s huge investment, and spoke glowingly of the role of the scheme in important sectors like education, health and agriculture as well as strategic national programmes like election, immunization, and SDG Advocacy, thanked the First Lady for recognizing the scheme.

Others who spoke at the occasion are the Chairman of the NYSC Board, Ambassador Fati Balla Abubakar and wife of the Chief of Army Staff, Mrs. Ummulkhair Tukur Buratai.