NYSC to partner with banks, AGN to help talented corps members

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on
Wednesday, said it would partner with banks and
the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) to help talented
NYSC members to achieve their dreams.
The NYSC Director-General, Brig.-Gen. Johnson
Olawunmi, made the disclosure at the grand finale
of the Annual NYSC Cultural Festival in Abuja.
He said the scheme decided to approach banks and
the AGN to help develop members’ talent with
outstanding performance during the just-concluded
cultural festival.
He added that “I have directed top management of
the scheme to approach banks and other financial
institutions, including the AGN to help those who
have distinguished themselves during the cultural
festival.’’
Olawumi said the festival was not only meant to
entertain, “but to equally draw attention to moral
values and a united and more viral nation.’’
Chief Edem Duke, the Minister of Culture, Tourism
and National Orientation, lauded the NYSC for
organising the festival, saying it paraded the best
assets of the country.
He said the festival provided the platform that could
give the NYSC members the creativity needed to
launch themselves into limelight.
Duke said corps members who exhibited laudable
talents would never go hungry, noting that those
identified as talented would be taken to China for the
next cultural festival.
He added that the ministry of culture would
henceforth include the talented members into the
annual Abuja Carnival.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
NYSC Annual Cultural Festival showcases dance,
comedy and drama competitions among NYSC
members from across the country.
NYSC members from Kogi emerged the best in the
cultural dance, while Cross River emerged best in
cultural parade, as Taraba won first place in the
stand-up comedy category. (NAN)