The
Kano State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr
Sanusi Abdulrasheed, has said that about 89 per cent of corps members
could not write good application or communicate effectively in English
Language, rather they prefer to communicate in “broken English.”
Making
the assertion during the corps members passing out parade in Kano on
Thursday, Mr Abdulrasheed said this inadequacy was revealed in a
research undertaken by NYSC managements nationwide,
According to him,
“I have been asked to remind you, and I don’t want you to feel
insulted, but it is a statement of fact. The NYSC managements throughout
the federation noticed one thing in you: the majority of you were not
communicating effectively. For some of you, the NYSC has researched into
what you were writing in form of application. The managements have
noticed that about 89 per cent of corps members cannot write a good
application, honestly and that is the fact.”
He said the research indicated that “the
majority of you start writing application with your name like ‘I
Sanusi Abdulrasheed hereby...’ This idea is zero . You should know that
the point of communicating with the world is through application. When
you start wrongly, those that know the use of language would know that
such a person lacks communication skills and such an application would
be put into the dustbin .”
He then urged them not to feel too big , “go and buy primary and secondary books, therein you would learn many ways of writing good application.”
He, however, noted that a good application starts with “ I hereby wish to apply for accounting position in your organization. This is just an example.”
The
state NYSC boss further advised them to stop looking for white collar
jobs, saying it is better for them to put into practice the vocational
skills learnt during orientation and become self employed.
On
the number of corps members that would repeat their service for one
offence or the other, he said that though they were few, he could not
say categorically the actual number of those who fall into this category
or those who absconded.
Source: Nigerian Tribune
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