Tuesday, July 3, 2012
NYSC: Reps suspend posting to insecure states
The House of Representatives has called
on the authorities of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to cancel
forthwith the posting of corps members to states that have security
challenges.
It further requested the NYSC to re-post
the corps members to relatively safe places until the security
challenges were be resolved.
The house, which made the call in Abuja
on Tuesday at its plenary, also asked the NYSC to follow this mode of
operation until the security challenges were resolved.
The house further urged the NYSC to post only corps members, who chose to serve in crisis prone areas.
This resolution was sequel to a motion
moved by Rep. Peter Edeh (ANPP–Ebonyi), which was adopted by the House
when put to vote by the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha.
Leading debate on the merits of the
motion, Edeh said that the recent posting of ‘’ Batch B’’ NYSC members
to certain areas of the country had caused a lot of concern to the
public.
He said the posting had elicited out cry
from the affected corps members, as well as Nigerians due to the
security challenges in those states.
Edeh said that some corps members lost
their lives as a result of insecurity in their places of primary
assignment in the past, and that those recently posted to such areas
should be re-posted.
He argued that the safety of the NYSC members should be paramount to the government.
According to him, it will be callous to
allow innocent children to be posted to places where they don’t know
what to do in times of trouble.
``Let us do what is practical, the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) says
security and welfare should be the primary concern of government.
``They (corps members) should not be posted to where they are not safe,’’ he said.
Rep. Bitrus Kaze (PDP–Plateau) in his
contribution in support of the motion said the motion was in good faith
as the issue concerned human lives.
Rep. Fort Dike (PDP–Anambra) on his part
agreed with the mover of the motion that it would be unfair to post
corps members to where their safety might not be guaranteed.
``It is unfair to post people to places where indigenes are running away from,’’ Dike warned.
Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (ACN–Lagos) said
the motion was timely as it concerns the welfare of people, and urged
his colleagues to support the motion.
However, since the motion was not opposed, it was subsequently adopted by the House.
Source- businessday
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