THE 2015 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
presidential honours award committee has
recommended 60 corps members for honours.
The committee’s chairman, Dr. Kevin Ihenetu, presented
its report to NYSC’s Director-General, Brig.-Gen.
Olawumi Johnson, yesterday in his office.
Ihenetu said though the screening process was rigorous,
the committee shortlisted the best among the 222 corps
members previously selected.
He said the criteria was that corps members must have
distinguished themselves at the orientation programme,
primary assignment, the community development
service, and the group DCS before they could be
nominated from the state.
Ihenetu, who said there was no pressure from any
quarters, said: “We have work assiduously with all sense
of patriotism and we have come out with a report to the
best of our knowledge that would be accepted.
“The public don’t know us. So, there wouldn’t have been
any pressure. And all those who received concessional
posting were automatically disqualified. Each state is
expected to produce two corps members for the award,
but there are some states that did not produce any
candidate.”
Olawumi, who lauded the committee, promised to make
the report available the same way it was submitted to
him, adding that the scheme would ensure that the
award takes place in 2015 as directed by the president.
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