For absconding from their places of primary assignments for no cogent reasons, nine Corps members will repeat their service year in Nasarawa State. State Coordinator, Ramatu Sanda has disclosed.
At the Passing Out Parade of the 2018 Batch “C” Stream 1 corps members, Sanda disclosed that the nine corps members would be remobilised for a new service year, while four others who absconded for a period of one to two months would face some months extension.
According to her, the offences contravened the National Youth Service Corps bye-laws and punishments take effect after final ratification by the Nasarawa State NYSC Governing Board.
“Its sad that extension of service is becoming a norm. NYSC is a laudable initiative aimed at fostering unity and helping the youths, but some keep absconding.
“For this batch, we also have some corps members who have erred during the service year. We have thirteen of them in total but nine of them totally absconded from service.
“Others left their places of primary assignment without permission for a period of one to two months,’’ she said.
“This body looks into the cases and invites the corps members concerned to defend themselves.
“At the end, a decision is taken, strictly in accordance with our laws, but the decision takes effect after the NYSC governing board ratifies it,’’ she said.
Sanda also disclosed that nine of the corps members have been marked out for awards for their exemplary performance.
(NAN)