Ibas charges corps members to make impact in communities

Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas Ekwe (rtd.), has charged the 2025 Batch B Stream I Corps Members deployed to Rivers State to be a “source of joy to the people of their host community,” especially when it is considered that the people of the state are “accommodating, hospitable and charitable.”

He stated this at the closing ceremony of the orientation exercise for 2025 Batch B Stream I Corps Members at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Nonwa-Gbam, Tai Local Government Area.

Ibas, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government and Chairman NYSC State Governing Board, Prof. Ibibia Lucky Worika, further charged the Corps Members to see Rivers State as “their home” and serve “selflessly to leave enduring legacies in their host community.”

In his address, the State Coordinator, Mr. Moses Oleghe, thanked the Sole Administrator for the “acquisition of 1000 brand new mattresses for Corps Members’ use on camp and commitment to upgrade the camp infrastructure soon.”

He lamented the impact of rain on the overall activities of the camping exercise, especially the flooding of the camp market, which he described as a “menace” and appealed to the state government to urgently intervene to provide a solution to the problem.

While concluding, Oleghe advised the Corps Members to accept their posting in good faith and use the service year to “develop soft and hard skills, leadership communication, problem solving and specific technical skills that will stand them out amongst their peers.”

A total of 1902 Corps Members, made up of 811 males and 1091 females, successfully completed the orientation exercise.