The NYSC Osun State Coordinator, Mrs Winifred Shokpeka has charged the members of staff to employ the tools of efficiency and effectiveness in the discharge of their duties.

Shokpeka gave the charge during her maiden meeting with the management and members of staff ahead of the 2021 Batch C Stream 1 Orientation Course at the State Secretariat in Osogbo on Monday.

She enjoined the members of staff to embrace self development and always be prepared for a higher responsibility. Shokpeka, a staunch believer in the training and grooming of people urged all present to leverage on the various platforms and opportunities made available by the scheme to enhance their efficiency, effectiveness and productivity on the job.

Mrs Shokpeka harped on the need for strict adherence to prescribed camp rules and the COVID-19 protocols. She asserted that to lead right, officials must lead by example as this is the only way to instill right values in corps members.

Speaking on the use of the social media, the state coordinator called on all officials to commit to the responsibility of enlightening and guiding corps members on the right use of the social media, warning them against the dangers inherent in the proliferation of fake news.

Also on the prescribed dress code for NYSC members, Shokpeka said the scheme's management has taken a bold stand on ensuring the right values and morals are instilled in the graduate youths. She urged members of staff and corps members to dress in a manner that commands respect stressing that the Director General has an aversion for wrong dressing. She also added that the scheme henceforth will not entertain wrong dressings from her members.

She further emphasised on the need for officials to be security conscious as security has become very precarious in the present society. She spelt out the duties and expectations from each of the committees and called on all to work as a team so success can be achieved. She concluded by introducing the camp director for the 2021 Batch C orientation course.

Speaking at the meeting, the camp director, Mrs Funmi Okundaye enlightened members of staff on the highlights and resolutions reached at the Pre-orientation workshop which took place in Abuja recently. She touched on key areas such as the commencement and cut off date for registration, swearing in date, lectures, welfare of Corps members on camp, need to maintain a healthy and serene environment, social activities, motivation for hardworking officials, among other topical issues in readiness for the forthcoming orientation course.

Other heads of committees took turns to educate staff on the requirements of their committees and the need to be disciplined, loyal and dedicated to their duties. They all chorused on the importance of team spirit as an essential virtue in the achievement of success.

Highlights of the meeting included the welcoming and reading of the profile of the new state coordinator and also the introduction of the newly transferred Accountant, Mrs Daramola Adeola.

In a related development, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Saturday sensitized camp marketers ahead of the 2021 Batch C Stream 1 Orientation Course. The sensitisation which took place at the Permanent Orientation Camp Ede was carried out by Mr Ayoola Ademola.

Ademola sensitised the marketers on the need to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols of regular handwashing, social distancing, proper use of the nose mask and maintaining a healthy environment. He further stressed that the marketers and all course participants will be made to go through the mandatory Rapid Diagnostic Test before being allowed in to the camp.