Corps members, officials and other participants during while marking NYSC@53 fitness walk held in Dutse, Jigawa | Credit: Salisu Kabuga
The National Youth Service Corps in Jigawa State on Friday marked 53 years of service to Nigeria with a fitness walk and public lecture held in Dutse.
PUNCH Online observed that the National Youth Service Corps was established on May 22, 1973, nearly two decades before Jigawa State was created in 1991. Despite coming into existence after the scheme began, Jigawa has benefited significantly from the deployment of corps members across key sectors.
Our correspondent gathered that over the years, corps members have provided critical manpower in education, health, agriculture, and community development across the state’s 27 local government areas.
To commemorate the anniversary, hundreds of stakeholders, corps members, and government officials gathered at the NYSC Jigawa State Secretariat and commenced the day with a fitness walk from the secretariat along the Dutse-Shuwarin Road before proceeding to Maikwarya Road near the Government House in the state capital.
