NYSC DG celebrates corps members who found love in camp, set to wed tomorrow
THE National Youth Service Corps( NYSC) Director- General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has presented gifts to two corps members who met in Plateau State during the course of their national service and who are set to be joined in holy matrimony tomorrow, May 30 at St Peter Claver Catholic Church Cathedral Kafanchan, Kaduna State.
The DG while returning from Gombe State where he had gone to inspect the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development ( SAED) centre that has just been destroyed by wind toasted a drink to the lovebirds at the NYSC state secretariat, Jos North, where he also presented a full packed envelope to them.
According to a statement from NYSC, Felicia Haruna from Kaduna State and Mark Makafan from Kogi State, met at the Mangu Orientation Camp in Plateau State in 2019, fell in love, and started a relationship that is leading to marriage. The wedding is coming two days after their passing out from service yesterday.
Being members of Platoon Seven in camp, the duo struck a relationship which has today culminated into marriage. Felicia, who said she had always stressed that she can never date a corps member, revealed that it culminated from just being friends and then she gradually considered him to mean a lot to her than just a friend.
Mark speaking on his dynamic move to profess love to Felicia, said it was borne out of unspeakable affection in an undiscribable way.
Extending the wedding invitation to the State Coordinator, NYSC Plateau, Caroline Embu, the corps members expressed joy to have met during the service year and united together in love to a life time adventure.
Caroline, while addressing journalists, said the joy the scheme have today cannot be quantify with any other because it is happening before their very eyes after a long time.
"I am exceptionally happy because this doesn't come often and when it happens, the history is right under our nose. It brings joy to both the NYSC and members of staff right here."
She advised that corps members should give it a chance and a try out relationship without despising humble beginnings.