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Why Corps Member Named Her Child After NYSC Director-General In Bayelsa

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Sep 17, 2021

A Corp member, Ramotu Suleiman, who delivered a baby boy at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation camp in Bayelsa State, has named him Shuaibu, after the Director-General.

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Baby Shuaibu Suleiman Aliyu was named on Thursday, at his father's residence in Oke-Aro, a border community between Lagos and Ogun States.

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A statement signed by Alhaji Musa Abubakar, Acting Director, Special Duties, NYSC, said in Abuja on Thursday that the Imam of the community, Alhaji Abubakar Montafien, presided over the ceremony.

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He prayed God to bless baby Shuaibu and his parents, as he described the circumstances of his birth as a sign of good things for all, including the NYSC scheme.

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The Imam appreciated the NYSC DG, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, whose visit to the Bayelsa camp coincided with the arrival of the baby, for being on hand to receive him, few hours after his birth.

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The mother of the baby, who is among the 2021 Batch "B", stream 2 Corpers, was given an instant relocation to Lagos to join her family on the grounds of marriage.

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