Edo, NYSC strengthen ties on education, health care delivery in rural areas

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government would strengthen existing partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to drive his administration's reforms in education and health sectors to benefit people living in rural areas of the state.

Obaseki disclosed this when he received the new state Coordinator of the NYSC in the state, Mr. Adebayo Ojo, at the Government House, in Benin City, on Monday.

He said the state government will work together with the NYSC as partners to deliver more value in terms of education and healthcare to people residing in the rural areas.

He noted, "My administration is committed to supporting you. We will include you in our plans to ensure that our people feel your impact. We understand you have some challenges, and we have you in mind.

"I want to assure you that officials posted to the state are not strangers in our land; We will treat you as one of us as we see you as part of us. The services of corps members who serve as teachers and doctors posted to rural areas will greatly help our people," he said.

Obaseki explained that his administration intends to make unemployment history in the state, noting that the state government would need the support of the NYSC for the government to achieve her plans.

Earlier, Mr. Ojo said that a total of 6,653 corps members are currently serving in the state, including 3,144 males and 3,509 females. He added that 55 of the corps members are medical doctors, 33 of them are pharmacists and 81, lawyers.

Ojo noted that in support of governor Obaseki's policy on revamping the education sector, about 90 percent of the corps members in the state are posted to secondary schools across the state as their Places of Primary Assignment (PPA).

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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki (middle); Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu (second right); Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq. (right); Edo State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr Adebayo Ojo (second left); and Assistant Director to the State Coordinator, Mrs. Stella Igechi (left), during the courtesy visit by the NYSC State Coordinator, to the governor, at the Government House, in Benin City, on Monday, July 30, 2018.