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NYSC bows to pressure, redeploys corps members to Nasarawa, Benue

By on July 5, 2012

Following the recent alarm by concerned Nigerians, especially parents on the posting of some corps members to the troubled northern part of the country, the National Youth Service Corps has rescinded the decision to post 14,850 corps members to volatile northern states.

The body has ordered the affected corps members to report at the NYSC headquarters for redeployment to states considered safe.

NYSC in a statement by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.-General Nnamdi Okore-Affia, in Abuja on Wednesday, directed corps members posted to Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna states to immediately report to the NYSC headquarters for redeployment.

Okore-Affia has also directed all those deployed in Yobe and Borno states to report to new orientation camps in Nasarawa and Benue states respectively.

The statement reads, “This is to inform all prospective corps members deployed to Yobe and Borno states for the 2012 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course to note the following:

“Yobe State prospective corps members will now hold their orientation course at the Nasarawa State NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Keffi, Keffi LGA, and not as stated on their call-up letters.

“Borno State prospective corps members will undertake their orientation programme at the Benue State NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Wanume, Tarka LGA, and not as stated on their call-up letters.

“Date: Thursday 26th July-Thursday 16th August, 2012, as earlier published.

“In addition, all 2012 Batch ‘B’ prospective corps members deployed to Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna states who have collected their call-up letters but are yet to report in camp should immediately report at the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja for redeployment.”

Findings revealed that about 1,050 corps members were posted to Borno State, the same number was posted to Yobe State while Gombe, Kano, and Kaduna states had 2,500 corps members each. Bauchi had 1,500 while 2,300 corps members were posted to Plateau State.

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  • oriss1

    Dis is so unfair,
    I was posted to sokoto, though no bombing has bin recorded der, but who knows if bombing will start der tomorrow,
    Had to reject d callup letter, if I should go to sokoto go now and am told to go back for bin late, wot would I do?
    NYSC shouldn’t av posted ppu der at first, I wonder how dis ppu thinks, are der own children or relatives posted der?

    Nigeria will only move forward if dis leaders are totally removed!

  • Princessosebi

    must they even be told before they know that they are not suppose to post people there?

  • Ologbozigee

    I really dont Understand where we are going in this country. So Okorie Affia wants to organize 2 different orientation for Batch B corp members, Squared Pegs in Round holes that is what is wrong with this Country