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NYSC Deploys Over 200,000 Corps Members As Adhoc Staff For Election

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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed over 200,00 corps members across the nation to work as Adhoc staff for the forthcoming general elections. This was disclosed on 22nd February 2023, by the NYSC’s Director General, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed during a briefing at the nation's capital during a briefing with journalists on the Scheme’s preparedness for the forthcoming general elections. He said: “Over 75 percent of the adhoc staff are the Corps members. So we are making use of over 200,000 Corps members for this exercise. They form a bulk of the adhoc staff. We will give the best that we can give.”

His words: “Those who are participating in this election have already been trained. Some of them are trained outside the camps. Those who just passed out were trained by INEC officials in the camp. Proper training has been given to them, guidelines were given to them. They have been well informed and they are ready to give their best.”

He said in return, the NYSC has put in place measures to ensure Corps members’ security during and after the elections. Ahmed said part of the effort was meeting with heads of security agencies to ensure that they are secured.

“What is fundamental for me to also mention is the security of these Corps members. Since I took over, I have met with the IG of Police, the DSS, I have met with the NSCDC, I have equally met with the INEC and every hand is on deck to ensure that the Corps members are secured

“We were assured by INEC that they will carry these Corps members to their respective places of assignment and bring them back safely from wherever they are picking them from,” he said.

More so, the DG admonished Corps members against the collection of any form of gratification from politicians or party agents during the course of the civil exercise, also noting that the scheme has established a distress call center at the headquarters for cases of emergency during the election.

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