The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has withdrawn corp members who have been posted to areas in the country, affected by banditry.
The news was made public by the Niger state coordinator of the NYSC; Mrs Funmilayo Ajayi, while briefing newsmen after the swearing-in ceremony of new corps members at the orientation camp in Paiko. She said;
“We will not post corps members to these areas because we cannot afford to lose any of them.
“Our eyes are on the corps members for the whole year; we are their parents and guardians. We owe them protection until they finish their service year.
“We have recalled all our corps members from crisis areas and re-posted them; we will not send any corps member to areas where bandits have carried out attacks.
The members of the Batch B stream 1 corp members were sworn in yesterday, 21st June 2019.