Despite the worrisome level of insecurity in Nigeria and the north in
particular, corps members serving in Sokoto State have said the
hospitality of the people makes the region a good place to serve.
Most of them said they contemplated giving up the National Youth
Service Corps (NYSC) scheme when they were posted to the northern state.
However, having stayed in Sokoto State for some months now, corps
members said they have no cause to regret coming to serve their
fatherland in the state.
Speaking with LEADERSHIP, some of the corps members described the
hospitality of the region as incomparable while others wondered why the
region should still be bedeviled with such an ailment (insecurity).
“After my graduation, one thing I never prayed for was to serve in
the north. However, when I saw my call-up letter carrying Sokoto State I
had instant hypertension and contemplated giving up the whole idea
about NYSC.
“My pastor later counselled me that I should go because God has a reason for everything that happens to his children.
Thereafter, I made up my mind and came. Now I have spent almost seven
months in the region and I can say this, without fear or favour, that
the hospitality of the people of the north especially Sokoto State has
no equal,” Jude Nwekwere, Batch B corps members, said.
While calling on both the people and states of the north as well as
the federal government to work assiduously towards finding a lasting
solution to the problem, the corps members noted that “Nigeria is in a
transformation stage which insecurity is part of it. For gold to
glitter, it often passes through furnace treatment”.
They chided the federal and state governments, corporate and
well-meaning individuals to collaborate towards finding a lasting
solution to insecurity in the region.
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