The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bauchi has urged corps employers to accord the corps members posted to their organisations the same treatment given to their permanent staff.

The NYSC director of the North-East area office, Yahaya Ahidjo, made the call on Wednesday during the 2023 NYSC one-day corps employers workshop in Bauchi.

He said this could be done by prioritising their welfare as permanent staff, adding that such a gesture would help boost their morale to perform optimally.

“Employers are expected to make statutory welfare provisions for the corps members, including transportation and accommodation with minimal furnishing, among other provisions that will help boost their morale,” stated Mr Ahidjo.

He added, “May I, therefore, make a passionate appeal to corps employers to pay particular attention to the ones posted to their organisations by according them the same treatment given to their permanent staff?”

Mr Ahidjo also urged them to apply appropriate sanctions to corps members whenever they are found wanting and report such acts of wrongdoing to the NYSC management.

The director further implored corps employers to appreciate the services of the corps members by providing them with permanent employment after their service year, irrespective of their states of origin.

He said this would further promote socio-economic growth and the mobility of labour as a strategy for national integration.

NYSC coordinator in Bauchi, Rifkatu Yakubu, said the workshop was an avenue to get feedback from corps employers on the scheme’s operations to adopt better strategies for improved performance. She said it was also an avenue for the scheme to keep the stakeholders, particularly the corps employers, abreast of its operations.

“The workshop is also to forge a closer working relationship between managers of the scheme, corps employers, and corps members, with a focus on their respective roles towards the upliftment of the scheme in the service of the nation,” Ms Yakubu said.

 (NAN)