The National Youth Service Corps is to adhere to its
policy of posting corps members to the 36 states of the federation including
Abuja, for the 2012/2013 service year. But the scheme said it would not post
corps members to Borno and Yobe states, which had become theatres violence in
the past few years.
Punch gathered in
Abuja on Monday that the Ministry of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa
Abdulkadir, had given instructions that the provisions of the NYSC Act with
respect to posting of corps members be adhered to. This is coming on the heels
of agitations by some individuals and groups, to remove the NYSC from the
constitution as the constitution amendment process begins this week. Abdulkadir,
had in an interview with journalists, announced that corps members would be
posted to all states of the federation except Borno and Yobe states because of
the dire security challenges.
He said, “My position is that NYSC should continue
posting youth corps members to all the states in the country including the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, but for now, excluding only Borno and Yobe
States.”
The minister explained that his position was based on the
provisions of the Act setting up the NYSC which he said still subsisted.According
to him, it will require a Constitutional amendment for the posting policy to
change. He said, “If you are going to make any amendment to the NYSC or alter
anything, you have to alter the constitution.
“That is the position. In that regard, posting of corps
members to states, apart from their own, except in some special circumstances,
is governed by the law and must be adhered to.”
The minister appealed to the patriotic instincts of all
Nigerians while approaching the issue.
He noted that Nigeria needed the sacrifice and support of
all its citizens at a time like this.
Punch
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