Reading the publication below, I weep for this Country. To even think this was written and signed by a woman, a mother for that matter makes it more appauling and heart-breaking. May God help us in naija o

As anxiety mounts over the safety of the prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who are preparing for their one year mandatory service, authorities of the scheme insist that corps members will still be deployed throughout the troubled northern States.

The NYSC said today in a statement in Abuja that state governments and the NYSC have put in place “measures to guarantee the security to lives and properties of corps members deployed to camps for the on-going orientation course.”

In the statement, signed by the head of the NYSC’s Press and Public Relations Unit, Mrs. Abosede O. Aderibigbe, only those with “genuine information on either health or marriage” would be considered for redeployment outside the troubled States.

Even then, “Those who have genuine reasons to seek for relocation out of their states of posting, should register first in their states of deployment and then submit application there for consideration,” the statement said.

Mrs. Aderibigbe did not explain what the NYSC means by “guarantee” of security.

Many members of the corps were killed last year in the North in the violence that followed the presidential elections. The federal government never specifically stated the number of those killed, which was thought to be about 20.

[Full text of the statement]:

SAFETY OF 2012 BATCH ‘B’ CORPS MEMBERS GUARRANTEED
This is to inform all 2012 Batch ‘B’ Corps Members and the general public that state governments and the NYSC operators have put in place measures to guarantee the security to lives and properties of corps members deployed to camps for the on-going Orientation course. Prospective corps members should therefore proceed to their respective camps for induction into the noble scheme.

2. However, those who have genuine reasons to seek for relocation out of their states of posting, should register first in their states of deployment and then submit application there for consideration. The two grounds for consideration remain marital (for those who are married) and Health (for those with extreme medical ailments)

3. Please note that no request for change of posting to deployed states will be attended to at the Directorate Headquarters, Abuja as state coordinators have been empowered to attend to Relocation Requests in their states.
4. Thank you

Abosede O. Aderibigbe (Mrs.)
Head: Press and Public Relations Unit
3rd July, 2012.