Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, yesterday received the 2017 Batch “B” Stream II National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to the state.

Ceoafrica gathered that out of the total registered number of 2,220 corps members, 1,215 are males and 1,005 females.

He called on them to key into the change mantra of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying that the future holds much for them as the future leaders.

Represented by the state Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Comrade Gabriel Arume Adaji, he admonished them not to relent in contributing in the building of a strong and virile country that will be the envy of others.

He assured them of the hospitality of the people of the state, just as he enjoined them to feel free, as they go about in the discharge of their duties during the course of their mandatory one year national service.

The state NYSC coordinator, Mrs Dorothy Nwatarali, said that they have proven to be highly disciplined and hardworking.

She added: “I had the privilege of interacting with many of these corps members; they have begun to see for themselves at first hand, the hospitality of the people of Kogi State”.