The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Katsina State, has extended the service of 16 of the 661 corps members who ended their service year on Friday.
The 16 corps members had their service year extended for violating the scheme’s rules and regulations.
Hajiya Aisha Muhammed, the NYSC Coordinator in the state, made this disclosure on Friday in Katsina during the low-key passing-out ceremony of the 2023 Batch A Stream One corps members.
She said some of the affected corps members were given a one-month extension, some three weeks, and others two weeks.
She added that another three members were honoured for performing well in their Community Development Service, CDS, projects during the year.
According to her, their certificates of honour were signed by Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State.
She, however, reminded the outgoing Corps members not to remain idle but to leverage the skills they acquired through the NYSC Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED, programme.
She also appreciated the state government for the hospitality accorded the scheme throughout the service year
