Umukoro seeks effective mobilization of corps members

The Chief Judge of Delta State, Honourable Justice Marshal Umukoro, has advocated for greater synergy between the National Youth Corps (NYSC), and institutions of higher learning to enable it overcome the challenges of over mobilization of Corps members for the exercise.

Honourable Justice Umokoro made the call when the new coordinator of NYSC posted to Delta State, Mr. Omotade Ayodele Folarinsho and other officials paid him a courtesy visit in his office to introduce himself to the Chief Judge.

Justice Marshall Umukoro

The Chief Judge who described NYSC as a laudable programme, identified lack of planning in the establishment of educational institutions as the major challenge confronting the effective operation of the scheme, even as he enjoined NYSC and educational institutions to develop a temple to work out modalities to ascertaining how many graduates the scheme can accommodate from each institution every year, as being practiced by the Nigerian Council for Legal Education which regulates entrants in the legal profession.

Describing Delta State as peaceful, Honourable Umukoro assured the Coordinator of his assistance, stressing that the Judiciary and the NYSC are partners in progress in the business of securing the welfare of youths in the State and the nation in general.

He appealed to the State coordinator to feel at home in spite of the unsubstantiated media reports about the State, stressing that the press should focus more on positive reportage of events.

Earlier, the new State Coordinator of NYSC, Mr. Omotade Ayodele Folarinsho, disclosed that he was in the Chief Judge’s Office to familiarize himself with the Judiciary, and to solicit for the continued support and assistance of Judiciary.

Mr. Ayodele who commended the Chief Judge for judicious carrying out his statutory functions of swearing in corps members posted to the State, called for greater cooperation between NYSC and the Judiciary.

Contrary to people’s perception of NYSC as FEDERAL Government Programme alone, the State Coordinator asserted that it is actually everybody’s programme, since the administration, management and implementation of the programme is particularly meant for the states where the corps members are deployed.

The coordinator, who was accompanied by Director of NYSC, explained that about 10,000 Corps members posted to the State, over 90 percent were deployed to schools in remote areas where they are rendering valuable services to the State.