Anambra State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Kehinde Aremu on Monday said the state recorded a case of COVID-19 among the prospective corps members deployed to the state for the one-year national service.
Aremu who disclosed this to newsmen at the swearing-in of 2020 Batch ‘B’ stream 1A corps members at the permanent orientation camp in Umuawulu/Mbaukwu, said the case was immediately handed over to the government through the disease management team as the Scheme is working with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to enable it to manage the corps members and ensure that operations of the scheme were not interrupted.
According to the NYSC state coordinator, All their activities are arranged sequentially and in agreement with the Presidential Task Force on covid-19 whose officials are residents at the camp to administer COVID-19 test on both NYSC officials and corps members.
Aremu also revealed that number of corps members were deliberately reduced to ensure strict adherence to the NCDC guidelines, adding that the leftovers would be captured in the next batch while explaining that they only have 800 corps members camping in the state, and the number was segmented into four batches of 200 corps members who are given time to report, morning, afternoon and evening.
Earlier, the State Governor, Willie Obiano approved the sum of N10million for the subsidization of the feeding of the corps members posted to the state.
Obiano, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu said the approval was part of his administration commitment to the corps members’ welfare and resolve to continuously serve them quality meals and testiest rations.
While commending the corps members’ contributions to bridging the manpower gap in the education and health sectors, the governor pledged continued support to the NYSC amidst the COVID-19 scourge challenge.
The SSG further charged the corps members to strive to outdo their predecessors’ achievement while Aligning themselves with the present administration’s vision and developmental drive for our communities.
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