NYSC HIRD INITIATIVE: 2nd OCI Foundation Outing At Abuja Ceremony (Pics; 05/06/2024)

The OCI Foundation has honoured another invitation from the Director General (DG) of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) to the “Special Health Initiative For Rural Dwellers (HIRD)”, a program organised by the Directorate’s Headquarters at the Junior Secondary School, Gosa-Sarki, Abuja.

The event, chaired by the NYSC DG himself, featured speeches by key partners of the NYSC, of which the OCI Foundation is among.

This is the second time that the OCI Foundation has been featured in the NYSC’s HIRD program. The first was on February 8, 2024, and details were captured HERE.

The OCI Foundation’s delegation to the event was led by Dr Fatima Inusa Anga, who delivered a speech on behalf of the Foundation’s President and Founder, Dr Chris Ifediora. She was accompanied by Mr Luter Ikyobo and Ms Felicia Dagu, all of the OCI Foundation Team at the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

It should be noted that, through the NYSC-OCI Foundation partnership that was launched in February 2022 by the then Nigerian First Lady, Her Excellency, Dr. (Mrs) Aisha Buhari, the OCI Foundation reaches over half a million Nigerian youths annually with its novel “Arm Our Youths (ArOY) Anti-cancer Health Campaign. The ArOY Health Campaign is currently in its 15^th Edition (as at the time of this publication) and is held six times a year. It targets all 37 NYSC orientation camps across Nigeria with its life-saving messages against breast and cervical cancers. Details of all 15 editions to date are HERE.

The Foundation also sponsors raffle draws and social media contests for each Stream and Batch of the NYSC corps members as part of its efforts to empower Nigerian youths as they promote and propagate anti-cancer messages to Nigerians.

In the past, the OCI Foundation also promoted social and public welfare programs among the corps members by sponsoring activities like pageantries and quizzes, as well as cultural, singing, and eating Competitions.

The OCI Foundation aims to expand these activities and introduce health screening centres across NYSC camps in Nigeria, and is currently awaiting further approvals from the NYSC in order to effect these.