NYSC Will Deploy Corpers to Volatile North-East States For 2015 Elections

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has disclosed that despite the crisis in the North-east part of Nigeria, corp members will be deployed to help conduct election in the area.

According to DAILY POST, Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, said "The decision for corp members to take part in election was taken by government and for the simple reason that they are well dispersed all over the nooks and crannies of the country and I want to state categorically that since corp membrrs have started taken part in elections in Nigeria, our elections have continued to gain credibility.

"The agreement between NYSC and INEC is still there and what that means is that corp members will take part in 2015 elections all over Nigeria whenever election will be held as long as there will be election, they be part of it. However, I must state clearly that we are not sleeping, we are learnjng from our past mistakes, we have studied what happenec in the last election and we have put measures in place for the safety and security of corp members.

"You can all recall what happened in Ekiti and in Osun, two elections that were adjudged to be very fair and corp members were particularly singled out and commended for all the roles they played in the elections, for this coming election, they are eager to go but on our part we have put a lot of measures in place to guarantee their safety and security".

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