Expand friendships among yourselves – NYSC to corps members

Editor

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on all the corps members participating in the ongoing Zonal Preliminaries of the 2023 NYSC Sports and Cultural Festival to use the event to expand friendships among themselves.

The Bauchi state Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, made the call on Saturday at the inauguration of the Sports and Cultural Festival at the state’s permanent orientation camp, Wailo, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state.

According to her, the festival had gone a long way in promoting national unity and integration, adding that it had also, to a great extent, enhanced national sports, cultural integration and development in the country.

“I wish to use this medium to encourage you all to grab this opportunity to expand the horizons of friendship among yourselves.

“Also, ensure that you don’t take your participation in any of these activities as a do or die affair.

“May I also charge all the officiating teams, schedule officers and coaches to act with utmost fairness so as to avoid rancour and bitterness,” she said.

She explained that the festival was also aimed at sharpening the sporting skills of corps members, learn about the cultural backgrounds of other tribes, saying it would hold across six zones of Osun, Enugu, Delta, Jigawa, Bauchi states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Yakubu listed the states to compete in the Bauchi zone to include; Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Kano, Taraba and Yobe states.

The state Coordinator added that corps members from these states would be competing in football, volleyball, track events (athletics), dance, drama, as well as comedy.

Earlier, Alhaji Abdullahi Shuaibu, Deputy Director, Community Development Service, NYSC National Directorate, Headquarters, urged the participants to play fairly, interact with one another and establish good relationships with one another.