"You Served Twice": Man Whose Mum Took Him To NYSC Camp As a Child Serves in 2022, Honours Her in Photos

"You Served Twice": Man Whose Mum Took Him To NYSC Camp As a Child Serves in 2022, Honours Her in Photos

  • A Nigerian man who was taken to the National Youth Service Corps camp as a child by his mother has grown up and graduated from university
  • The young man named Ayo Kunle has also gone for his service like his mother and returned to honour her specially
  • Photos he posted on Twitter showed him as a kid in his mother's arms while she was serving and now as an adult when he finished his own service

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A Nigerian woman who was a nursing mother when she did her youth service has had the honour of seeing the child she was nursing wear the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) uniform.

The woman took her then little son, Ayo Kunle, to camp many years ago when she was younger.

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Photos of Ayo Kunle and his mother's arms as kid when she was doing her NYSC.
Ayo Kunle has also passed out of NYSC and returned to honour his mother. Photo credit: @ayo_kunle.
Source: Twitter

An old photo posted on Twitter shows little Ayo wearing his mother's NYSC cap while she was in her khaki.

His mother was carrying him in her arms and beaming with smiles.

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Ayo has now grown up, graduated from school and has passed out of the NYSC programme. The young man returned home to honour his mother.

In the same way his other allowed him to wear her cap back then, he also placed his cap on his mother's head.

The two moving photos have gone viral on Twitter, garnering over 64,000 likes and more than 7,000 retweets.

See the full tweet below:

Reactions from Twitter users

@MaureenOshio said:

"You serve twice."

@FoodiesAffairNG reacted:

"This thing is making me very happy. If you’re in Lagos, please DM me your mummy’s address, she deserves some Bolé and grilled fish."

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@Baianoanfield said:

"This is the most beautiful pic I have seen today,Ur mum deserves all the good things coming her way."

@zainab_ayoo reacted:

"This is the sweetest picture I've seen today. God bless your mom."

Woman buys a car after NYSC

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian woman bought a car immediately after her NYSC in 1981.

According to her, after she finished her service, she got a job as a teacher at Queens School, Ilorin, where she was paid N295 monthly.

The woman named Iyabo Alabi said she bought her first car for the sum of N3,800. The story has attracted comments from Nigerians on Facebook.

Source: Legit.ng

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Israel Usulor (Human-Interest editor) Israel Usulor is a journalist who has 9 years of experience. He worked at The Prime Newspaper and has published articles in TheCable Newspaper. Israel graduated with distinction from Fidei Polytechnic (Mass Commun, 2016). Israel has interviewed Zannah Mustapha, the man who helped negotiate the release of Chibok Girls, and Kunle Adeyanju, who rode a bike from London to Lagos. He covered exclusive stories on Chef Dami during her Guinness World Records cookathon. Email: israel.usulor@corp.legit.ng.