Six Ex-NYSS Corps Members Off to Mali

The Daily Observer (Banjul)

1 June 2011

press release

Six ex-corps members of the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSS) on Monday left Banjul for Mali, to attend a one-month training in electrical installation, a press release from the National Youth Service Scheme stated.

Below we reproduce the full text of the press release;

Six ex-corps members of the National Youth Service Scheme left Banjul International Airport on Monday, 30th May, 2011 to attend one month training in Electrical Installation in the Republic of Mali. The ex-corps members are Ebrima Bojang, Nene Ceesay, Assan Gibba, Famara B. Janneh, Zakarya Sanyang and Lamin N.D. Colley, all graduates of NYSS in Electrical Installation.The training which is organized by the ECOWAS Commission for Youth and Sports Development Centre will bring together ninety (90) youths from the Sub-region from the 30th May to 3rd July 2011 at the Safourlaye Centre in Mali.

The training is aimed at contributing to the attainment of the ECOWAS vision 2020 of moving from “ECOWAS of states to an ECOWAS of peoples”,

– increasing the employability of ECOWAS youths,

– building capacity of young entrepreneurs, and

– contributing to the reduction of youth unemployment.

It will concentrate on protection of electrical installations, standardization, building wiring, installation and wiring of TGBT and distribution panel, generator sets and wiring, and automatic start up of generator sets and quotation/cost estimates.

Addressing the members before their departure, the Deputy Executive Director of NYSS, Mr. Ebou Sowe urged them to perform up to expectation and represent the good image of The Gambia. “Many are called but few are chosen, you are the lucky ones and therefore it is important you make the best use of the opportunity,” he said. He advised them to humble themselves and learn to accept and respect one another for their mutual benefit as they are all working towards the same objective. “If you come back, try to translate the knowledge gained from the training to your various work places. It is important to learn but equally important to practice what you learned,” Mr. Sowe concluded.

For her part, the head of NYSS Inspectorate and Skills Training Department, Mrs. Fatou Touray Cham advised the team to be cautions and very careful with what they are doing because they going to a different environment. “Try to demonstrate the greatest sense of maturity and make a difference by exploring and strengthening the existing cordial relationship between The Gambia and other countries. You can make friends but let it be positive and in the interest of youth development,” Mrs. Cham stated. This is the 5th batch of ex-corps members of NYSS to attend such training by the ECOWAS Commission for Youth and Sports Development Centre.

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