The National
Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has assured that no corps member will be posted to
areas facing security challenges in the country.
The NYSC
Director-General, Brig Gen Suleiman Kazaure, stated this in Ogun State at the
Orientation Camp in Sagamu while addressing the 2018 Batch ‘A’ corps members.
According to
a release by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, the DG
said “no corps member would be posted to an area with security breach within
the country.
“The corps
members must uphold the ideals of patriotism as responsible citizens in the
discharge of their duties in their different places of primary assignment.”
The DG
stated further that the scheme had engaged experts and officials of security
agencies to train corps members in martial arts as part of the self-defence
routines.
He said,
“The security of corps members, wherever they are serving, is a priority in the
scheme. Limiting the deployment of our corps members to areas with security
challenges is a deliberate measure for their safety.
“We provide
them with a booklet on security tips as well as phone numbers that give them a
direct access in their places of primary assignment to personnel of security
agencies such as the police, the State Security Service and other agencies.
“Apart from
these, the scheme has established Distress Call Centres domiciled in the NYSC
Directorate headquarters which function 24 hours. We also have the relevant
details of all corps members nationwide and their locations are uploaded to the
database of the centre.
“If anyone
of them puts in a distress call, the call will immediately reflect on the
computer screen the details and location of that corps member.”
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