Nigeria: NYSC Denies Security Threat in Orientation Camps

Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Mohammed Fadah, has said there was no security threat on any of his orientation camps in the country.

Fadah, who disclosed this when he addressed the 2022 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Corps Members at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Katsina, said the safety and welfare of the corps members remained his cardinal objectives.

Unverified reports had claimed that hoodlums were planning to attack some NYSC orientation camps in some parts of the country.

But the NYSC boss assured the new corps members deployed to Katsina and other states across the country, including the Federal Capital Territory of adequate security and improved welfare throughout their mandatory service year.

While warning that the NYSC had zero tolerance for cultism, drug abuse and other related social vices, the director-general said anyone found wanting would be sanctioned by the management of the scheme.

He reminded serving corps members of the need to identify and work towards realising their potential through skill acquisition programmes, especially, for self-employment and leadership, adding that the era of white collar jobs was over.

“I assure you (corps members) of your safety wherever you are throughout Nigeria. We have put everything in place to ensure that you are safe in all the orientation camps throughout the country and in Abuja.

“In my five trusts, one of them is security and welfare. So, we are working around the clock to ensure that everybody is safe. There is no security threat in our camps so they should go about their normal exercises in the camp,” he insisted.

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