The National Youth Service Corps has advised pregnant corps members to obey the rules and regulations of the service, stressing that “pregnancy is not a disease and should not be used as an excuse to be indolent.”
The NYSC Federal Capital Territory Coordinator, Suleman Abdul, gave the charged on Friday during the coordinator’s briefing of the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 pregnant and nursing mothers held at the multipurpose hall of the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Kubwa, Abuja.
According to a statement posted on the corps social media page, Abdul “encouraged them to carry out personal Community Development Service projects as their present conditions as pregnant women and nursing mothers should not inhibit them from impacting on their host communities. He gave an exposition of what the scheme expects from them and also their obligations during the service year.
