From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Kano State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mr. Sanusi Abdulrasheed, has lamented that 89 per cent of corps members in the country could neither write good application nor communicate effectively in English Language.
He stated that the majority of the corps members were more at home with the use of “broken English” as a means of communication.
Mr. Abdulrasheed made the disturbing disclosure yesterday in Kano during the passing out parade (POP ) of the present batch of corps members, where he noted that the findings were based on a nationwide research facilitated by the management of the scheme.
He told outgoing corps members: “ I don’t want you to feel insulted, but it is a statement of fact. The management of NYSC noticed one thing in you; that a bulk of you were not communicating effectively in English.
“The NYSC researched into what you were writing in the form of applications for one thing or the other. The management noticed that about 89 percent of NYSC members could not write a good application.”
Citing an instance, he stated that, “a majority of you start writing application with their name like: “I, Sanusi Abdulrasheed, hereby,” pointing out that an application that starts that way would not impress anybody.
“You should know that the point of communicating to the world is through application. When you start wrongly, those that know the use of language would know that such a person lacks communication skills and such an application would be put into the dustbin.
“This is a word of advice. It is never too late. You can adjust, go and perfect your use of English Language.
“And as parents and officials of the NYSC, we have a duty to let you know that you are not doing well when it comes to English Language communication and writing,” Abdulrasheed added.
He urged the erstwhile corps members not to feel too big, but to, “go and buy primary and secondary school books, therein you would learn many ways of writing good applications.”
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