How NYSC Members In Calabar Made Aged People Smile

Some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Cross River state, on Tuesday, August 25, put smiles on the faces of some aged people in the state.

The corps members, who belong to the Community Development Service (CDS) group donated food stuff and toiletries to the Good Samaritan home for the aged in Calabar, the state capital, NAN reports.

Among the items donated were three bags of rice, six packets of Maggi cubes, three cartoons of tinned tomatoes, groundnut oil, detergent, soap and others.

According to the president of the CDS group, Godwin Uche, the donation was part of the group’s objective to care for the needy and aged in the society.

Uche said the group would continue to remember the aged in its activities, as it was important to remember the aged in the society.

Theresa Ibekwe, another member of the group, said they had to carry out the donation because the residents of the home needed care and love from members of the public.

“We had to task ourselves of a little token to help us carry out this humanitarian donation.

“It is important to show love and care to the aged in the society, and that is exactly what the charity group is doing,” she said.

Receiving the donation, a guardian in the home, Mrs Gordismaria Ugwoke, thanked the group for their humanitarian gesture, saying the gifts would go a long way towards taking care of the needs of the inmates.

She prayed for God’s blessing in all the endeavours of the corps members, using the opportunity to call on philanthropist and corporate organisations to emulate the corps members by showing love and care to the inmates.

The NYSC is a compulsory one year programme for every Nigerian graduate which is aimed at bringing about unity in the country and to help youths appreciate other ethnic groups.

Some have been calling for the programme to be scrapped as it has stopped achieving it objectives.

Recently, the Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde said the NYSC was not useful and should be scrapped.

She said she had looked at the programme and exactly what it was supposed to have achieved over the years thoroughly, and she could not see any credible or tangible results. “It’s a total waste of time and resources and I think all the time and resources should be channelled into something more resourceful,” she said.