SC, CAMP DIRECTOR ENJOIN OFFICIALS TO IMBIBE TEAM SPIRIT AS ORIENTATION COURSE COMMENCES

Camp officials for the 2021 Batch C Stream 1 Orientation Course have been charged to imbibe team spirit in the discharge of their duties.

The charge was given by the  State Coordinator, Mrs Winifred Shokpeka at the maiden meeting with camp officials at the Permanent Orientation Camp Ede on Tuesday, in preparation for the orientation course commencing on Wednesday. 

In her opening speech, Shokpeka told the camp officials that for every assignment that they will be engaging themselves in, they must have a clear understanding of why they are there.

 "Articulate your purpose for being here, understand and internalise it with your team" she added. 

She enjoined camp officials to operate with excellence and team spirit as there is no 'I' in the word 'TEAM' . She told them also that the mantra for the orientation programme is operation compliance, stating that all hands must clear the deck in instiling discipline and unarguable compliance to laid down rules and regulations on camp as prescribed by the Directorate Headquarters Abuja and the NCDC. 

Speaking on security, she charged officials to be their brother's keeper by watching out for one another and to also speak up should they notice any abnormality around them. She told them to be security conscious at all times and step down same mindset to the prospective corps members as they report to the orientation camp. 

She warned against oversocialising with the corps members as this might serve as an hindrance to the achievement of the objectives of the orientation programme. She charged them to be friendly but firm when relating with the members. 

"the corps members are your sons and daughters, therefore what you would not do to your children do not do to them. Let us work together to ensure we train these corps members to be better Nigerians that we all can be proud of. 

" let us also learn to correct them in love", she added. 

She commended camp officials for complying with the NCDC protocol of taking the mandatory COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostic Test before entering the camp. 

Correspondingly, the Camp Director, Mrs Funmi Okundaye, in her brief said that the aim of the orientation is to develop the youths to become better members of the society. She went on to further buttress that the camp is regimented for both corps members and camp officials as well.

She advised camp officials to maximize time allocated to each activity, observe COVID-19 protocols and ensure that the welfare of the corps members are their sole priority. "It will take a collective effort to make it work, we should all encourage ourselves" she said. 

The Camp Commandant, Capt. Oyekanmi O, in his brief called on officials to see themselves as one and cooperate together to achieve the holistic training and grooming of the corps members deployed to the State. He assured the state coordinator of his men's readiness to implement the scheme's objectives for the orientation programme without cruelty or bias. 

Speaking, the Resident Officer, Mr Adedotun Adegboyega appealed to the camp officials to be objective and not lose focus of their duties, as he prayed for a seamless exercise.

In his vote of thanks, the deputy camp director, Mr Ajayi Wahid, appreciated the state coordinator and assured her of the commitment of all camp officials to man their duty post and also effect the orientation mantra of operation compliance.