By Sabarka Bawul
The Information and Public Relations Section of Jos East local government council has presented an award to two National Youth Corps members, Miss Ilona Ginika Augustina and Miss Sunmonu Justina Feyisayo, upon completion of their one-year mandatory service to the nation.
The event which was part of activities to vid them farewell, took place at the Local Government Council Chambers in Angware, in the presence of large crowd, including the executive, legislative, Youth Corps members, and technocrats, to honor their resilience and dedication during their service year.
Presenting the awards and certificates of recognition to the Youth Corps members for their selfless service in Information and Public Relations, as well as Journalism practice, the Executive Chairman, Chief Markus Nyam, congratulated the awardees for demonstrating hard work and dedication to their tasks.
Represented by Secretary to the Local Government Council, Hon. Joyce Nyam, the chairman commended the effort of the Information and Public Relations Section of the Council for the brilliant initiative and called on other Units and departments to emulate them and wished them the best in their future career.
Director Personnel Management, Mrs. Angela Yirlong; Director Finance and Supply, Mrs. Salomi Lenge; Director Social Services, Da David Mancha; Deputy Clerk, Legislative Council, Abel Ayuba and one of the Aide to the Chairman.Hon. Izang Madaki Azi.They called the NYSC headquarters tto give priority to hard work and dedication.
They urged the out going corps members to put into use the knowledge they gained from the Information section of the Local Government Council
The Head of Information, Lois Gofor, Chief Information Officer, Magit Haruna, and Corps Liaison Officer, Oguntayo Adewale, all urged the Corps members to flaunt the award given to them, saying the reward of hard work is more work and dedication
Responding, Corper Ilona Ginika and Corper Sunmonu Feyisayo appreciated the Information and Public Relations Section of Jos East Local Government for impacting positively on them, both in character and knowledge.
They thanked the executive, legislative, and technocrats, including their colleagues, the Youth Corps members, for their words of advice, prayers, and success wishes. They pledged to use the gestures to improve their future careers.
Earlier, the Information and Public Relations Section had engaged the two Youth Corps members in a media chat where the corpers shared their experiences during their one-year service in Jos East, which revealed that it was worthwhile.