THE AWARD WINNING CORPS
MEMBER
Dan 1:17-20
Youth service present among other things a
golden platform to distinguish oneself and go out of the service year not only
with much sort after discharge certificate but award it is a year that may
brighten an average youth destiny if he keys into the plausible reward of the
service year.
As Mary Kay Ash asserted “there three
types of people in this world: those who make things happen and those who watch
things happen and those who wonder what happened”; an award winning corps
member come to make things happen. An award winner corps member like David and
Mordecia is foresighted he sees beyond the call of the nation to serve to the
cries of the immediate community where he serves. He sees beyond the euphoria
of the service year to the great beckon of duty in the place of primary
assignment. Secondly he is purposeful and plan guided, he knew what he wanted
out of the service year and get down the very first day to go for it. He is
devoted and dedicated, like Nehimah and his men travail beckons of service year
never distract him. He is determined and disciplined never stumbles at
obstacles that line the route to his goal, he rather turned them to stepping stones,
and he is goal oriented and equally a goal getter. He ties all these qualities
up with his faith in God and adherent and persistent prayer, knowing that
promotion comes only through God.
Many award exist in the service year and
serious minded and visionary corps member can win, they include among others,
the chairman’s award, the state honors award and the presidential honors award,
the last one in particular provide unimaginable benefits ranging from presidential
handshake, model, certificate and automatic employment in any of the federal
government agencies or parastatals, scholarship for masters and PHD in any
university in the world. Apart from these awards competition that paves way for
handsome reward equally exist during the service year Example CBN business
proposal competition etc.
To be an award winner the corps member
should bear in mind that race for ward winning start the very day he received
his call up number. For early preparation, optimistic disposition, a definition
of intent, not just to serve but to serve and excel, put the corps member in
better stead and award winning frame of mind. Other important things to take
note of are that award in service year is given based on how the corps member
distinguished himself at the orientation camp, primary assignment, community
Development Service particularly the personal Community Development Service.
However the corps member’s accomplishment at the place of primary assignment
carries bulk of the mark for the awards in the service year.
In summary
to win this award the corps must among other things do the following
i.
The
corps member must be well guided, hence must right from the orientation camp be
attentive to lectures particularly one on Community Development Service, he
needs to read NYSC materials and ask questions from vital personal on the
scheme for a very balanced knowledge.
ii.
He
must be a good observer able to pick out felt need, even ones that exist at the
orientation camp.
iii.
He
must make up his mind to distinguish himself in his place of primary assignment
by creative and innovative service. He must particularly impact positively in
his primary assignment
iv.
He
must be above board in character and avoid any thing that will bring the frown
of the authority to him.
v.
He
must make up his mind to carry impactful, life changing personal community
development projects. The more the number of such projects and the number of
people that will benefit from them the more the chances to award.
vi.
He
must carry the community where he serves along. In fact they should be stack
holders as well as sponsors of the projects.
vii.
He
should stick to the rules stipulated by NYSC.
viii.
He
must carry the NYSC officer to which he is answerable along.
ix.
He
should strive to complete and commission the projects.
x.
He
should package the report of his projects well to contain all he did no matter
how small.
xi.
He
should commit all his effort to God in prayer, for God’s favor is greater than
all human labor.
He must not fail to look beyond the present
award to the eternal one hence uprightness, honesty, goodliness must guide his endeavor
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