164 Corps Members To Receive NYSC Presidential Award

About 164 corps members are to receive the presidents’ NYSC honours award ceremony which will hold at the Presidential Villa on Monday, March 2, 2015.
This was revealed by the director general of the NYSC, Brig-Gen Johnson Olawumi, while briefing the press on the award ceremony yesterday.

Olawumi stated that 164 winners emerged from 613 nominations received from across the nation, adding that the selections, which were made by distinguished Nigerians with track records of honesty and integrity, were from assessment of reports on each of the nominees for the combined 2012, 2013 and 2014 editions.
He added that the criteria for the selection for the award were on outstanding performance in all critical areas of the service year, orientation course, primary assignment, community development service and winding-up/passing-out activities.
The DG stated that other issues considered for the award include personal qualities of good character, sense of duty, drive and determination, reliability, initiative and resourcefulness, command and leadership, team work and other special contributions.
He added that 994 ex-corps members have been conferred with the award and that with the conferment of award to 164 winners on Monday, the number of winners would increase to 1,158.

The award until recently attracted national certificates signed by the president, gold medal, automatic employment and cash donation will also attract a scholarship grant for winners to pursue postgraduate studies up to doctoral level in any university in the world.
The DG also added that another group of corps members would be presented for recognition under a new initiative known as NYSC Hope Alive Programme, a private-sector-driven initiative aimed at giving succour to corps members who suffer some forms of permanent disability during their service year.