NYSC insecurity: 800 corps members redeployed from Kano

 

Worried by the spate of attacks and continued atmosphere of insecurity in most of the Northern states, the Kano State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alhaji Bashir Yakassai, has announced that 800 out of the 2,129 posted to the state for this year’s National Youth Service programme have been redeployed to other states.

Yakassai, who disclosed this to reporters Tuesday in Kano, shortly after the passing out parade of Batch ‘C’ of the corps members, stated that some of those redeployed are contemplating cancelling their redeployment.

“As at today, about 700 corps members have been redeployed out of 2,129 posted to the state. The doors are still open to whoever wishes to be redeployed for one reason or the other, in accordance with the NYSC guidelines,” he said.

He stated that no corps members would be posted to banks or companies they perceive to be lucrative, instead, they would be posted to rural areas where their services are mostly required, especially in agriculture, health care and education sectors, while the married corps members would serve in the state capital.

Also speaking, the state governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, warned that no corps member posted to government establishments should be rejected.

Kwankwaso, who was represented by the state deputy governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, urged corps members to be ready, at all times, to contribute their quota to salvage the country for better development.

The governor also advised corps members to forget the era of white collar jobs by bracing up to face the challenge of the global economic slowdown so that they can become self reliant.

However, most of the corps members interviewed by reporters said though they would love to stay and serve in Kano State but due to the insecurity in the state, they have no option than to seek redeployment.

Also concerned about the security situation for the corps members, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Tuesday charged traditional rulers and security agencies in the state to protect the lives and property of corps members serving in Kwara.

Ahmed gave the charge at the NYSC orientation camp at Yipakta in Edu Local Government Council of the state during the closing ceremony of the orientation course for the 2012 Batch ‘C’ corps members.

The governor, who was represented at the occasion by the state Head of Service, Alhaji Mohammed Dabarako, said the responsibility of protecting the corps members should be a collective one and not left for government alone to shoulder.