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General News of Friday, 4 June 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Scrapping NYSC: Corps members can be mobilised for war - DG

NYSC DG Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim believes corpers can be mobilized for war NYSC DG Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim believes corpers can be mobilized for war

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has intimated that corpers can be mobilised to fight the rising security challenges in the country since they were part of the national defence policy.

He made the controversial comment as calls for the scrapping of the programme gained momentum. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme on Thursday, June 3, he said corps members were available and ready to take up national duties when called upon.

According to him, “Corps members are part of the national defence policy of this country. So, where there is serious war, our corps members are educated, they are knowledgeable and they can be trained.

“You can imagine within the short three weeks in the orientation camps, the corps members are molded. They are like soldiers. You see female corps members blowing the army horn, playing with the military band.”