NYSC orders new corps members to report to troubled northern states
Tuesday, July 03, 2012Omoba
Some of the corps members and their families, who expressed their worries on
various social network sites including Facebook and Twitter, said they were
extremely sad and disappointed when they received their call-up letters,
deploying them to trouble states where there is currently curfew, threats of
reprisals and ceaseless bombings.
Some of the comments on the social network sites read, “We need to arise and
stop the government from sentencing us and our loved ones to death. Is our
government/NYSC this heartless or simply inhumane? We seek our immediate
redeployment, we want to live in places where we can work with peace of mind.’’
Our correspondents learnt that authorities of the NYSC had also been under
pressure from parents and prospective corps members posted to northern states,
who had been seeking alternative posting.
Our Correspondent learnt in Abuja on Sunday that the NYSC was already
collaborating with the affected states on how to ensure security for the corps
members posted to their states.
But speaking through the Borno State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Inuwa
Bwala, in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, the
Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, made a case for corps members to be posted to
the state.
He argued that the security situation in the state was being exaggerated by
detractors to further isolate the state from the rest of the country.He said:
“While it is true that we have security challenges, it is a fact that these challenges are not exclusive to Borno State.
“We don’t have on record any attack on visitors neither do we have any record of attacks on the NYSC camp or corps members posted to and currently serving in Borno State.”
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