How Corps Members Win Millions at NYSC Camp

Winners of the Corprenuership Competition have emerged at the 2025 Batch A, Stream 1 orientation course, Bayelsa state.

The panel of judges arrived at the winners after they submitted their business proposals and defended the ideas contained therein.

In her remarks, the representative of The Unity Bank Yenagoa, Mrs RoseMary Olomu said the gesture was a corporate social responsibility activity of the bank to promote creativity and provide grants for corps members to start up various businesses during and after their service year.

Congratulating the winners, the State Coordinator, Mrs Okpalifo Obiageli Charity who was represented by the Camp Director, Mrs Essien Ena Omawumi commended their moral courage and initiative to develop, submit and defend their business ideas.

She urged the winners to judiciously use the funds for the purpose provided for.
She thanked the unity Bank for the financial assistance and opportunity given to corps members to actualise and improve on their business dreams.

The over all winner was awarded # 800,000 Others got #500,000, #300,000 respectively.

There was also consolation gifts for 7 other corps members who participated in the competition.

In other news, the corps members of Bayelsa state celebrated our diverse cultural heritage today during 2025 Batch A stream one cultural carnival held at NYSC Permanent orientation camp, Boro town ,Kaima in Kolukuma/opkuma LGA.

In her opening remarks the
State Coordinator, Mrs Okpalifo Obiageli Charity described our culture as our identity which embodies, our language, food, dressing, our craft , ceremonies etc. She further stressed that cultural carnival is a true symbol of unity, cultural integration necessary for national development.

She also charged them to avoid cultural bigotry, biases, superiority which hinder national integration and development. She informed them that Cultural carnival is a platform provided by the Scheme for corps members to show case some of our diverse cultural heritage and therefore appreciate our multi cultural society.

While urging them to respect other people’s cultures, the State coordinator enjoined the corps members to promote them.

She expressed joy seeing corps members from other cultural background dressed up, singing and dancing passionately for cultures other than the their own .She urged them to avoid borrowed foreign cultures that are inimical to our national identity and development.

She enjoined all camp officials and corps members to preserve, respect and promote our cultural heritage wherever they may find ourselves within or outside the country because our culture is our Power ,Strength and Pride.

In her vote of thanks, the Head of Socials Committee, Mrs Ochie Adline thanked God and commended the State Coordinator, Camp officials for their support towards the success of the socials activities on camp.

Highlights of the event were display of colourful traditional attires , dances, music , food from various ethnic groups across Nigeria .

The Executive Assistant to the Governor on NYSC Matters, Dr. Wisdom Poyeri was in attendance.