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The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yushau Ahmed, has revealed that three corpers out of eight kidnapped in Zamfara in the North West have escaped and are back home.
He said one of the corps member who was shot by bandits and released is receiving treatment and recuperating.
The NYSC DG stated this on Thursday at an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Youths.
https://70b805909a46ec21c71d4256c41f2771.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html Earlier, the committee chairman, Martins Esin, sought to know the update on the abduction of eight corps members in Zamfara State, while expressing concern over the situation.
The NYSC boss expressed the hope that “the synergy between the security agencies would work things out in a short time,” adding that the challenge being faced in getting the abducted corps members released was information which they were trying to improve upon.
“Once information is out we will have a seamless situation, ” he said.
Reacting to a question from Clement Jimboh (Akwa Ibom) on the need to provide buses for corps members for security reasons, the NYSC DG explained: “On the issue of NYSC providing buses might not be possible. It would be subject to budgetary allocation. We will get there as more proactive measures will be put in place.”
As part of the effort of the Federal Government to improve the welfare of corpers, the DG affirmed that an increase in their allowances is being worked out which will come to fruition when the new minimum wage is announced.
He called for the cooperation of the National Assembly for the NYSC Trust Fund which will enable the scheme to empower corps members after the compulsory one year national service.
The committee enjoined the NYSC management to visit families of corps members to empathise with them and assured them of government’s commitment to getting their children out of bandits’ den.
