The Federal Government has stopped the assignment of National Youth Service Corps members to states deemed dangerous due to the country’s security issues.
Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, Minister of Youths, made the statement on Sunday while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
According to her:
“As an immediate intervention of the government and the NYSC as an agency, we have actually stopped posting corps members to the very unsafe states.
“We have been doing it in the past. There are states where we have not been posting corps members to ensure their safety.
“When it comes to security matters, it is a multi-sectoral approach. So, it is not the NYSC alone and the ministry that is involved. We are working with security outlets to ensure corps members are safe.
“We are also working on group transportation strategies for them to ensure that they are transported to and from camps safely and to their destinations.”
“When it comes to remuneration, we are looking at the holistic funding of the NYSC. You are all aware that we have announced a reform of the NYSC scheme itself. We want the scheme to go beyond being a social programme of the government.”
cc: Punch Ng
