Delta Governor pledges to pay for weddings of passing out corps members

Apparently revelling in the spirit of Valentine day celebration, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has promised to bankroll expenses of wedding ceremonies of all youth corps members serving in the state who intend to get married to one another.

Uduaghan who announced this in Asaba Thursday, at the passing out parade of the 2012 Batch A corps members, called out the corps members who intend to get married to one another and promised to sponsor any genuine move for marriage between the corps members.

He also directed that all such intending couples register their names with the Secretary of the state government once marriage plans have been consummated.

Other highlights of the passing out parade include various cash awards ranging from N500,000 to N1 million each for 11 outstanding corps members who distinguished themselves in their area of primary assignments.



The governor said the cash awards was to encourage youths to channel their efforts towards self-employment instead of relying on white collar jobs.

Other awards dished out to corps members who excelled in the NYSC DG games in Abuja includes the relay quartet, N400,000 each, the football team N250,000 each, 100 meters race N200,000, while their coaches received N500,000 each.

Explaining that the cash award was not a display of wealth, Dr Uduaghan said that the import was to encourage youth self-employment and promote Human capital development in the state.

“What we are doing is to assist corps members to establish businesses especially viable businesses that have good feasibility studies. It is also to promote economic boom in the state because we will encourage the corps members to encourage our people. The corps members should not go to their states to bring their own people because we will resist such a move. The condition is that they will employ our own people,” he said.