The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kolawole Salako has urged corps members participating in the National Youth Service Corps scheme in the University to be proactive and to bring out initiatives for their survival in a harsh economic environment. He gave this charge while speaking at the sendforth programme, organised by the University for the outgone Batch ‘C’ 2018 Corps Members. The Vice-Chancellor, who was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Development), Prof. Clement Adeofun, said the corps members should endeavour to look around and create special need that can be satisfied with their skills, stressing that employment opportunities were dwindling and Nigeria needs a paradigm shift.

He said there was an urgent need for them to have survival strategy that would make them visible locally and internationally, adding that they need to be great thinkers with capacity for a strategic plan and not living in fantasy. Prof. Salako further noted that all over the world, the opportunity of getting grants and fellowships were reducing every day and noted that the youths needed to be great, fast thinkers and should be able to impact the society by creating a special need that can be satisfied. The Vice Chancellor stated that the development of any nation rested on youths as the future and bedrock of the country’s aspirations. He advised them to ensure that their one-year service was not in vain.

Representative of the Establishment Matters and Human Resources Department, Mr. Gafar Adewuyi also appreciated the efforts of the outgone corps members, disclosing that majority of them were outstanding during their service year. While appreciating the University, the former Internal Corps Liaison Officer (ICLO), Mr. Kehinde Ogundora, implored the University Management to continue supporting corps members, stating that it was a great privilege to have served as corps members in FUNAAB and commended the University Management for the constant payment of their stipends and the free transport services.

The current ICLO, Mr. Mayowa George appreciated FUNAAB for giving them opportunity, stating that they had gained a wide range of experience in their various departments. He advised the outgone corps members to be good representatives of Nigeria, create job opportunities for themselves and those coming behind. Highpoint of the event was presentation of gifts to outgone corps members by the University.

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