Some ‘corpers’ demand posting to Boko Haram troubled states – NYSC DG claims

by ‘Jola Sotubo

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) recently stated that it would not post corps members to any of the troubled states in North-Eastern Nigeria.

However, despite nationwide relief on this decision, some corpers are reportedly not happy with the decision.

The Director General of the NYSC, Johnson Olawumi has said that some corps members have been demanding to be posted to Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, which states have been under emergency rule for over a year due to the insecurity and violence going on within their borders.

Daily Independent reports:

Olawumi, a Brigadier General, made the declaration, Wednesday, when he appeared before the National Conference Committee on Civil Society, Labour, Youth and Sports at NICON luxury hotel, Abuja.

The DG said despite that the service has stopped posting corps members to the states under state of emergency for security reasons, his office had been inundated with requests from corps members to be posted to the three states.

“We have stopped sending corps members to the three troubled states in North East under emergency rule.

“Some corps members are, however, demanding that they be posted there,” he said.

As part of measures to reform the service and improve the dwindling fortunes of education in the country, the service in recent years adopted the strategy of posting nearly all corps members to schools to teach across the country.

However, General Olawumi informed the committee that the service would soon start posting corps members to banks, telecommunications, and oil and gas companies in the country.