Boko Haram: Nysc Bars Corpers From Borno, Yobe

The orientation course for Batch ‘C’ of the National Youth Service Corps in Borno and Yobe states has been put off indefinitely in order to protect corps members from Boko Haram attacks.

The NYSC  in a statement on Wednesday announced the indefinite suspension and asked corps members already posted to the two states harried by members of the violent Islamic sect last Friday to remain in their homes to await further directive.

The statement, a copy of which was made available to THE PUNCH on Wednesday, reads, “Owing to security reasons, (the) orientation course WILL NOT hold in Borno and Yobe states until further notice.

“Prospective corps members posted there should await further directives.

“All serving and new corps members are STRONGLY advised to strictly adhere to the contents of the security tips distributed to them.”

According to the statement, registration for new corps members begins on Tuesday, November 15, 2011, the cut -off date for Registration is 12 midnight Wednesday November 16, 2011 while the official closing ceremony is Tuesday December 6, 2011.

Boko Haram, Friday night, bombed drinking joints, churches, mosques and police stations in both Maiduguri and Damaturu, capitals of Borno and Yobe respectively, killing about 150 people.

Meanwhile the Federal Government on Wednesday said it was on top of the security situation in the country.

Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja, told journalists that the government had in fact recorded many “silent victories” in the fight against the scourge of the militant Islamic group.

He, however, admitted that the operations of the sect posed a lot of challenges to security agencies.

He said, “All I can tell you for now are that Federal Government is working round the clock to check the activities of Boko Haram and the results will soon begin to show.

“All of us know that wherever terror raises its ugly head it is not a conventional war, where the military of Nigeria will go one side and the terrorists group on the other side for a confrontation.

“Terrorists use undercover attacks, what you call guerrilla welfare.

“They do not operate under the light of self- proclamation of who their identities are. There are several countries like Algeria and Pakistan and several others that have come under terror attack for almost over a decade and in those countries up till today, you still have isolated attacks in spite of all the deployments that have taken place.

“Let me give an example, all those who carried out the terrorist attack of October 1, 2010 have been arrested, all the vehicles they used, all the channels they used, all the individuals associated with it are in the custody of security agencies and are being investigated.

“You will also find out that in many places where similar attacks have taken place earlier, arrests have not been made even in countries that you can say have greater sophistication in terms of technical capacity.”

Meanwhile, soldiers have taken over security in and around the Abuja NYSC Camp in Kubwa ahead of the commencement of the Batch “C” orientation camp for corps members.

Vehicles going into and coming out of the camp are thoroughly searched for weapons and other contraband.

Although none of the soldiers was willing to speak on the deployment, a source in the NYSC confided in our correspondent that the measure was pre-emptive.

The source pleaded for anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media on security issues.

He said, “You know the situation in the country; management cannot leave anything to chance.

“The safety of our corps members is of utmost importance to us, especially in the light of the avoidable loss of innocent lives during the post- election crisis in the north.”

In recent past, quite a number of serving corps members had been killed in sectarian attacks in Jos, Plateau State, and during the post-2011 general elections violence in some parts of the northern region.

But NYSC has continued to post corps members to volatile areas of the north despite calls by concerned Nigerians, especially parents, that the areas are not safe for the young graduates.





PUNCH NEWSPAPER

Why not the whole Northern states

NORTHERN NIGERIA  is showing that we are not welcome in their region look at how many people that lost their lives just count from OBJ days till date thousand of innocent people lost their lives for what they don't no,and tomorrow they will start asking for investors to come to their evil region and invest, i tire for this people

The end of Nigeria is truly near!

Govt should cancel the damn NYSC! Alternative: Compulsory 1 year military service!

share nigeria! Why is d FG dis wicked? They want more innocent souls to perish! Share d damn tin and allow us live in peace for God sake! Which kind wahala be dis sef? Na by force to stay togeda? How can persons frm a region b scared to enta anoda region in d same country? How? Why? Where?

High_Chief:

Why not the whole Northern states

Abi o

High_Chief:

Why not the whole Northern states

i tire o.na by 4ce to serve your father land?

greateros:

The end of Nigeria is truly near!

Govt should cancel the damn NYSC! Alternative: Compulsory 1 year military service!

Den no,no that one,
let wait till 2015.

me no want Nigeria break up, but it likely going to be so in 2015,
that time na Igbo and Yoruba's go mege as one.

I am as confused as the FG now!

My wife has just been posted to JIGAWA state!!!

I don't know what to do.

Just confused

[color=#770077][/color][quote][/quote][sub][/sub],na wa ooo for naija

chamber2:

I am as confused as the FG now!

My wife has just been posted to JIGAWA state!!!

I don't know what to do.

Just confused

confused you said?

si-lly  statement.

would you have allowed your wife to go and serve in the far north?

Ok now

BOKO HARAM please continue killing only your people(northerners)
by the time ona population reduce by 50% BIAFRA will come up for second nation war
we (BIAFRA) go finish ona by then claim all that belongs to us back
we (BIAFRA) they watch oooo
BIAFRA all the way

Boko Haram. Congrats! Now they have suceeded in restricting corpers from the two states

after alot of lost lives

If i get it right, the NYSC mgt have posted corp members to Yobe and Borno but they are not to resume yet or better still, they are to lay low until no more waves of attacks.
What if there is resurgency after 5 months of supposed peace?

This northerners palava don dey 2 much o

Am among those posted 2 yobe state and i wonder if the federal government and the NYSC staffs are so irrational 2 post this young excellent generation 2 such a state. What where they finking? Are they sending us on suicide mission or for peace keeping? Y dnt they restructure d system where people wil b allowed 2 serve with in their geopolitikal zone. So that the boko haram wil deal wit themselves and d militant with themselves 2

They should post students to their respective regions or even scrap the whole thing but they should go for the 3 weeks camping and combine the money they would have paid them for a year and give it to them, for them to add to it to buy or start something significant.

north east,north west inclusive.no youth copper should be posted to this state

youth corpers continue to lose their lives in their own country
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Why can't the FG just scrap the NYSC Scheme altogether for God's sake?   Let the damned scheme be scrapped once and for all. I'm tired of the stupidity of our leaders sef With the Boko Haram menace they are still sending Corpers from other parts of Nigeria to the North !!!  These mofos are surely high on weed or something. Na wa o. If any Southern Corper gets killed in the North once again, there could be a heavy retaliation by the people of the South West, South East or South South. Why are things so messed up in Nigeria? Haba

I.diots, after how many deaths?

Eucharia Remmy - sister to Nollywood actress Mary Remmy- loses life in the last attack in Yobe state while sharing copies of Rhapsody of Realities.
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They Have Miscalculated Again, In Their Usual Characteristic Manner.
They Should Bar Corp Members From Serving in North East/Western Nigeria.

Anyway, I Want to Ask All Members of Generation < 30 To Be Patient & Tarry A Little. Change is Imminent.
Watch Out For The Coming Wave!! It Will Wash Away Every Bad Structure.

They did not bar them but only postponed the evil day for those unlucky fellows; if the NYSC knows what is good for then they should suspend till further notice the posting of any youth corpers to those states. The state governors should protest the killing of their citizens in those part of the country by insisting that none of them be posted there but instead they are stealing the money.

Now that am expecting our own batch to be in March, It's unfair for Northern corpers to peacefully enjoy their service in my village while I run all over a northern village like a common criminal. Lord hear my prayer!

Pain:

They Have Miscalculated Again, In Their Usual Characteristic Manner.
They Should Bar Corp Members From Serving in North East/Western Nigeria.

Anyway, I Want to Ask All Members of Generation < 30 To Be Patient & Tarry A Little. Change is Imminent.
Watch Out For The Coming Wave!! It Will Wash Away Every Bad Structure.

seconded! change we asked for has arrived. They can keep bombing all they want; the somalian territory they yearn for, they now have. They should enjoy it oooo

Blaablaablaa, North my foot, mtcheeew

LIFE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANY CERTIFICATE. Cos you need to be alive to enjoy any certificate! Corpers have the right to refuse going to the north if posted there. By the way, the certificate is only required in offices. Plenty people have done more meaningful things with the life God gave them, and are even employers of the so-called 'served' members. Unless you think your life ends with NYSC.

@godman01, u are spot on dat yeye program should b scrapped and allow for voluntary service in military or para military let d present waste of fund be giving to d graduate and no employer must insist on nysc discharge but can say it is an added advantage. D money giving to d young graduate will help in deny d likes of boko haram any recuitment base!