Ibas Charges Corp Members To Showcase Moral Values In Rivers

PORT HARCOURT – The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd.) has tasked Corps Members to showcase their moral and ethical values in everything they do especially now that they have been formally inducted into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

He stated this on Friday at the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Nonwa-Gbam, Tai LGA, during the swearing in ceremony of 2025 Batch B Stream one Corps Members deployed to the state.

Ibas, represented by the Secretary to the State Government and Chairman NYSC State Governing Board, Prof. Ibibia Lucky Worika, charged the Corps Members to align themselves with his administration’s character reformation agenda by building a society full of “integrity, mutual trust, and discipline.”

Ibas, according to a statement signed by Juliana Masi, Head Press Unit, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, assured the corps members of his commitment to security and welfare, noting that renovation of hostels will be imminently carried out to create a conducive camping environment for them.

Earlier, the State Coordinator NYSC Rivers State, Mr. Moses Oleghe had enjoined the Corps Members to see themselves as the, “custodians of the hopes of Nigerians in building a nation of peace and economic prosperity.”

Furthermore, Mr. Oleghe charged the Corps Members to see themselves as agents of positive change, builders of bridges of national unity and integration as well as torchbearers of a brighter future.

The administration of the oath of allegiance was administered by Justice Weli Amadi Chechey, who represented the Chief Judge of Rivers State.

A total of 2,002 Corps Members were sworn in at the occasion comprising 804 males and 1198 females.