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Objectives of CDS

  1. Impacting positively on the improvement of rural community life.

  2. Developing the spirit of entrepreneurship in the corps members.

  3. To utilize the challenges which rural development poses and inculcate in the Nigerian Youth the ideals and capacities for leadership, endurance, selflessness, community service, national service, patriotism and creativity.

  4. Exposing corps members to diverse traditions and customs of the host communities.

  5. Providing the forum for corps members to experiment with ideas and translate them into concrete achievements thereby relying less on foreign technology and encouraging the use of local raw materials in the execution of projects.

  6. Harnessing the enormous talents and skills of corps members into an effective machinery of change in our rural communities.

  7. Providing on-the-job training and experience for corps members. 

  1. Providing complementary service in our National development activities, by ensuring that our under-privileged population learn basic techniques for self-help through the appropriate technology concept being promoted by NYSC.

  2. To instil in corps members the tradition of dignity of labour and productivity.

  3. To complement the activities of government at all levels in the stride towards national development.

Brig-Gen JB OLAWUMI
FSS,MSS,psc(+)FDC

Director-General
October, 2014.