It gives me great pleasure to welcome Brigadier Olakunle Oluseyi Nafiu, Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, and his team to the trading floor of the Nigerian Exchange.
I believe that most of us present here, except a few doyens, passed through the NYSC scheme. For many Nigerians, it is the first opportunity to experience the variety and diversity of our great country as corpers are posted outside their home bases and get to meet Nigerians from different states and backgrounds during the one-year service period. By bringing together young Nigerians from all corners in service to country, the scheme stands as a major enabler of unity and patriotism in our country.
The success of the scheme is largely due to the calibre of leadership that the NYSC has had over the last fifty years. Officers like Brigadier General Nafiu have worked hard to maintain the discipline, the efficient logistics and the security of the scheme and made it easier for us as parents to entrust our wards to their care every year. We thank you and your team for your service to the nation and to millions of families across Nigeria.
At the Nigerian Exchange, our focus is on driving Nigeria’s economy through the mechanism of capital markets which matches investors with investible funds with other investors, as well as companies and entrepreneurs that need funds for their businesses.
Investment and entrepreneurship are skills that our youths need to learn as they step out into the world and the Nigerian Exchange stands ready to teach those skills to corpers during their orientation period and even in their places of primary assignments.
We look forward to discussing these and other ways that we can partner together for the benefit of our young ones and the nation at large.
Once again, welcome to the Nigerian Exchange.
Alhaji (Dr) Umaru Kwairanga
Chairman NGX Group.
