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| Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi |
The Director-General of
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has called on
corps members, who are participating in Saturday elections to shun any form of
inducement or gratification for the sake of their safety and credibility.
The Nation report continues:
Gen Olawumi told the Corps members to see their
involvement in the election as patriotism and part of their contribution to
national development, stressing that the little allowances given to them should
be accepted wholeheartedly without cutting corners.
The director-general
spoke in Kaduna while sensitizing corps members on the need to be security
conscious in addition to security arrangement put in place by the scheme in
conjunction with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Brig.-Gen. Olawumi, who
was represented by NYSC’s Director of Procurement, Alhaji Bashir Salisu
Yakasai, said the corps members’ total money for elections allowances was
N26,000, payable directly to them by INEC through INEC/NYSC collaboration
account.
He warned: “I urge you to
be vigilant, behave very well and adhered to rules and regulations of the
scheme. No form of inducement or gratification should be accepted by you.
“It is not the matter of
how much paid or collected, but patriotism and service to the country. And to
compliment that, we have made tangible arrangement with security agencies for
protection before, during and after the election,” he stated.
The State NYSC
Coordinator, Mr. Hilary Nasamu, revealed that participating corps members were
doing it on voluntary ground, and not that they have been forced into it.
He added that their best
was expected to play out during the polls.
Nasamu, however, appealed
to the citizens to give corps members maximum cooperation and protection during
the gubernatorial and state assembly election on Saturday.
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