Maj.-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has threatened to withdraw corps members from Bayelsa State if their security is not guaranteed.
Gen. Kazaure said this when he visited the Orientation camp in Kaiama, Kolokumo/Opokuma Local Government Area, as part of his tour of the 2019 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Camps. He also visited Governor Seriake Dickson at the Government House in Yenagoa.
The DG, who lamented the death of two corps members – Popoola Oluwatobi Olamide and Gorge Onokpoma, with a third, Anthony Gbenga Dada, seriously injured – urged the Dickson and the security agencies to provide adequate security for youths corps members.
“Governor Seriake Dickson should do the needful about security of corps members. These young ones are national assets on national assignment, and if nothing is done by the state, we will withdraw corps members from serving in Bayelsa State.”
Gen. Kazaure thanked Dickson for supporting NYSC in building a befitting permanent orientation camp, and the upward review of corps members’ allowances.
Dickson commiserated with the NYSC family over the death the corps members. He described the incident as a cult-related activity.
He, however, urged the DG not to consider withdrawing corps members from the state as investigations has begun towards arresting and prosecuting the culprits.
The governor also urged Gen. Kazaure to complement the state’s efforts in arresting persons who manhandled corps members during the elections.
Governor Dickson also added that the government has approved a 100 per cent upward review of corps members’ allowance, starting in March.
