The National Youth Service Corps, Kwara Stat, has produced hand sanitizers and antiseptic liquid soap as part of the efforts to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the state.
This is as the State Coordinator, NYSC Kwara, Mrs Francisca Olaleye, commended the Director-General of the scheme , Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, and management of the scheme for their support in ensuring that the intellectual capabilities of the corps member’s coupled with the training in Cosmetology through Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development was put to bear.
Corps members in the state also embarked on sensitisation and distribution of the sanitizers and soap
They were led by the state coordinator.
Olaleye said the exercise would be done on regular basis in solidarity with the people and government of the state to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
She added that the National Youth Service Corps had also prepared the orientation camp at Yikpata as an isolation centre in collaboration with government against the global pandemic.
Mrs Olaleye implored the people to cooperate with the government in the fight against the virus through total submission to the laid down directive.
According to her, healthy living of the people was the major priority of the NYSC scheme.