Lagos: Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday advised new corps members in the state to approach their national service with courage, sense of purpose, and determination. Sanwo-Olu gave the charge at the swearing-in of the 2025 Batch B, Stream 1, corps members. He was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Mrs. Toyin Oke-Osanyintolu.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, the swearing-in ceremony marked the beginning of a three-week orientation course for the corps members. The event took place at the NYSC temporary orientation camp at Iyana-Ipaja. The governor described the orientation course as crucial, saying that lessons from it would help to shape the corps members to be responsible citizens and leaders.
Sanwo-Olu urged the corps members to strive to become exemplary and make their service year both meaningful and enriching. He highlighted that the state rewards diligence and encouraged them to remain focused, work hard, seize opportunities, and aim to leave every place better than they found it.
In her capacity, Oke-Osanyintolu expressed optimism about the completion of the NYSC permanent orientation camp at Agbowa, Ikorodu, Lagos, by 2026. She disclosed that the construction was already 70 percent completed and anticipated its commissioning by the end of Sanwo-Olu’s tenure.
The permanent secretary called on the corps members to actively engage in the programs at the orientation camp in preparation for their primary assignments. In her remarks, the Lagos State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs. Christina Salmwang, emphasized the importance of upholding the scheme’s core values and contributing to Nigeria’s development.
Salmwang revealed that 5,005 prospective corps members were deployed to Lagos, with 2,329 accommodated, while others were sent to Ogun, Osun, Ondo, and Ekiti states due to accommodation constraints. She encouraged the corps members to embrace the core values of integrity, discipline, service, and unity, urging them to become role models for their generation.
NAN reports that the oath of allegiance was administered to the corps members by Justice Mosunmola Balogun, representing the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba.
