The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier-General Johnson Olawunmi, has revealed that President Goodluck Jonathan, will on Monday reward no fewer than 164 Corps members in this year's President's NYSC Honours Award in the Banquet Hall of Presidential Villa, Abuja. He stated that the 164 winners emerged from the 613 corps members nominated across the country, stressing that distinguished Nigerians with track records of honest and integrity conducted the process. The NYSC DG made the disclosure during a press briefing to herald the event. "Following the gracious approval of Dr Goodluck Jonathan for the next edition of the NYSC Honours Award, the event will take place on Monday in the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The honours award ceremony has always been a major event of the scheme since its establishment. "In order to ensure thoroughness and absolute fairness, the process of selecting this year's award winners was conducted by some distinguish Nigerians with track records of honesty and integrity. The selection committee after due consideration and assessment of report on each of the nominees for the combined 2012, 2013 and 2014 edition, selected 164 winners out of 613 nominations received from across the nation," he noted. "The criteria for selection of the award winners include outstanding performance in all the critical areas of the service year such as; orientation course, primary assignment, community development service and winding-up/passing-out activities," he continued. "Assessment of corps members thus start from the moment they report at the orientation camp. Some of the specific areas of assessment include; acceptance of deployment to any part of the country, active participation in camp activities, good performance at primary assignment, as well as initiation and execution of tangible personal community development project, particularly for rural dwellers. "Other issues also considered for award selection include personal qualities of good character, sense of duty, drive and determination, reliability, initiative and resourcefulness, command and relationship, team work and special contributions,” Olawunmi stated.
