NYSC says corps members won't be withdrawn from Plateau state

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The Director-General of the scheme Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure assures that the corps members in the state are safe adding that arrangements have been made to guarantee their safety in line with the NYSC Act (2004).

The NYSC boss declared this while speaking in Abuja on Thursday, June 28 at a workshop organized for all protocol officers of the scheme.

Reacting to the recent killing of over 200 persons by suspected armed herdsmen in the state, Kazaure said corps members in the state are safe saying arrangements have been made to guarantee their safety in line with the NYSC Act (2004).

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Kazaure who was represented by Mrs. Victoria Okakwu, the scheme’s Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, said: “NYSC is a human organisation. We feel whatever happens in any part of the country. Just the way we handled the insecurity of the Northeast, we will handle the situation in Plateau, Benue, and other volatile states.

“We are very responsive. We will work in line with Act to ensure that the lives of corps members are safe.

“We will not withdraw our corps members from Plateau but we have plans to guarantee their safety. We cannot disclose the plans because security matters are not discussed in the open.”

However, in a bid to further ensure the security of the corps members, the NYSC boss urged the scheme's officials to liaison with relevant security agencies to make security an integral part of the planning process in all NYSC events.