EVEN
as thousands of Youth Corps members are thanking their stars over the
Federal Government’s decision not to force them to serve in troubled
states in the North, Several of the affected states are already
lamenting the impact the development will have on their affairs.
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, for his part has pleaded with the Federal Government to reconsider the decision as the state’s health and education sectors could be “negatively affected”.
Corps members that had been serving in the state provided over 65 per cent of the required healthcare delivery and education services at the grassroots level where 75 per cent of the citizens live.
Speaking in an exclusive interview yesterday in Maiduguri, on National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) withdrawal of corps members from BokoHaram-affected states, the Borno state commissioner of health, Dr. Salma Anas-Kolo said: “The NYSC health workers which include doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, and laboratory scientists contributed
significantly to the health delivery services in all the rural centres and communities, where most of the people live.”
She pleaded that in “recognition of the importance” of corps members in the health and education sectors of the state, the Federal Government should reverse its stand.
The same fear was also expressed yesterday in the state’s education sector, when the commissioner of education, Musa Inuwa Kubu said: “Most of the teachers in the state’s secondary schools and Teacher Colleges are corps members teaching either science subjects or social sciences. They had been complementing the state’s education programme at both the primary and secondary levels.”
In Bauchi, Governor Isa Yuguda, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ishola Michael Adeyemi, has promised to do everything humanly possible to ensure the safety of the corps members.
The state’s Head of Civil Service, Mr. Abdon Dalla Gin, also said the government had taken steps to ensure adequate security of lives and property of all corps members serving in the state despite the security challenges.
Also in Plateau State, the Special Adviser on Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Kwankur told The Guardian yesterday, that the state government, in collaboration with the security agencies, had provided watertight security to ensure the safety of lives and property of corps members.
However, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Saidu Adamu said there was so far no indication from the Federal Government that Youth Corps Members would not be sent to the state this service year.
Speaking with The Guardian on the possibility, he said that it was normal for people to express fears about the insecurity in some parts of the country, but noted that Kaduna had since returned to normalcy and had become peaceful.
“It is very normal for human beings to reject such postings. Is that not true? But, the fact is that the Federal Government has not said that there will be no posting of Corps Members to us. I called the Commissioner of Youth and Sports who is in charge of Corps Members in the state and he told me that there was nothing like NYSC Members not being posted to Kaduna this service year. So, I cannot comment on speculation…,” Adamu stressed.
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, for his part has pleaded with the Federal Government to reconsider the decision as the state’s health and education sectors could be “negatively affected”.
Corps members that had been serving in the state provided over 65 per cent of the required healthcare delivery and education services at the grassroots level where 75 per cent of the citizens live.
Speaking in an exclusive interview yesterday in Maiduguri, on National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) withdrawal of corps members from BokoHaram-affected states, the Borno state commissioner of health, Dr. Salma Anas-Kolo said: “The NYSC health workers which include doctors, nurses, and pharmacists, and laboratory scientists contributed
significantly to the health delivery services in all the rural centres and communities, where most of the people live.”
She pleaded that in “recognition of the importance” of corps members in the health and education sectors of the state, the Federal Government should reverse its stand.
The same fear was also expressed yesterday in the state’s education sector, when the commissioner of education, Musa Inuwa Kubu said: “Most of the teachers in the state’s secondary schools and Teacher Colleges are corps members teaching either science subjects or social sciences. They had been complementing the state’s education programme at both the primary and secondary levels.”
In Bauchi, Governor Isa Yuguda, through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ishola Michael Adeyemi, has promised to do everything humanly possible to ensure the safety of the corps members.
The state’s Head of Civil Service, Mr. Abdon Dalla Gin, also said the government had taken steps to ensure adequate security of lives and property of all corps members serving in the state despite the security challenges.
Also in Plateau State, the Special Adviser on Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Kwankur told The Guardian yesterday, that the state government, in collaboration with the security agencies, had provided watertight security to ensure the safety of lives and property of corps members.
However, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Information, Alhaji Saidu Adamu said there was so far no indication from the Federal Government that Youth Corps Members would not be sent to the state this service year.
Speaking with The Guardian on the possibility, he said that it was normal for people to express fears about the insecurity in some parts of the country, but noted that Kaduna had since returned to normalcy and had become peaceful.
“It is very normal for human beings to reject such postings. Is that not true? But, the fact is that the Federal Government has not said that there will be no posting of Corps Members to us. I called the Commissioner of Youth and Sports who is in charge of Corps Members in the state and he told me that there was nothing like NYSC Members not being posted to Kaduna this service year. So, I cannot comment on speculation…,” Adamu stressed.
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