NYSC: 1000 Corps Members Set To Be Probed For Compromising Workers On Posting And Redeployment.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday, June 23 said that it will begin to probe 1,000 corps members who attempted to compromise its workers on posting and redeployment.
Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim,, made this known while addressing reporters in Abuja after declaring open the 2020 inspectors development programme, with the theme: Optimizing the Ideals of the Scheme Through Effective Utilization of the NYSC Inspector.
Moreso, the NYSC is said to have suspended the accounts of some corps members in the 2021 Batch A, Streams 1 and 2, form allegedly seeking redeployment from the original states they were posted to. Some of the affected corps members were said to have sought redeployment from some states, especially in the North because of insecurity, a few others were said to have sought redeployment on health grounds.
In the process of canceling their application for redeployment, the NYSC also suspended their accounts, stopping their monthly allowance.
He said:
“There are 1,000 corps members nationwide we believe were involved in unethical practices. So, we cancelled their deployment. We are still investigating it. So, anybody involved will be disciplined accordingly.”