As part of his activities during the Eid-el-Kabir, President Muhammadu Buhari and his visiting Guinean counterpart, Alpha Condé, donated cash, cows and bags of rice to youth corps members posted to his hometown, Daura in Katsina State for their one-year National Youth Service.
The youth corps members had visited the President who was he is spending the Sallah holiday with Condé.
While President Buhari donated two cows and 10 bags of rice to the corps members, in addition to cash, his Guinean guest complemented his gesture with two cows.
The President also used the occasion to challenge the corps members to live up to the expectations of the founding fathers by utilising their education and privilege of visiting different parts of the country to unite Nigerians.
According to him, the primary focus of the NYSC was to expose graduates to the beauty and diversity of the country, and return to their states or any part of the country to share their experiences.
The President in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said the entire nation depends on past and serving youth corps members to bridge the country, since they have the first-hand experience of living with different ethnic groups in various parts of the country, studying their cultures and traditions, and enjoying hospitality, which underpins every community in Nigeria.
He said, “From Lagos, Port Harcourt and other parts of the country, you are at the end of the country. This posting will make you know this place, Daura, and you can disabuse the minds of those who are not educated about the other side of the country.
“It is only the NYSC that is merging us together and of course, the police and soldiers.”