200,000 Corp Members Are Deployed By Nysc For The 2023 General Elections.
For the general elections in 2023, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has sent nearly 200,000 Corps members to work as ad hoc personnel.
In an attempt to guarantee the safety of corps members during the election, the Corps has launched a “Distress Call Center.”
During a news conference on the readiness of the Scheme for the elections on Tuesday in Abuja, Brigadier General Yushau Dogara Ahmed, Director General of NYSC, revealed this.
According to him, corps members will make up around 80% of the ad hoc workforce that will be used for the exercise.
He claims that INEC staff have previously taught election participants both inside and outside of orientation camps.
“People who are taking part in this election have already received training,” he stated. Some of them get training apart from the camps. Officials from INEC instructed those who just graduated in the program. They received appropriate instruction, as well as directives. They are prepared to make their best effort since they are well educated.
The NYSC has implemented procedures to safeguard Corps members’ security before, during, and after the elections, he said.
Meeting with the leaders of security agencies to assure their protection, according to Ahmed, was a part of the endeavor.
“The security of these Corps members is something crucial that I must also highlight. Since I took over, I’ve spoken with the IG of Police, the DSS, the NSCDC, and the INEC. Everyone is working together to make sure the Corps members are safe.
He added, “We were given the assurance by INEC that they would convey these Corps members to their separate sites of duty and return them back safely from wherever they are collecting them from.
The head of NYSC also cautioned Corps members against accepting any kind of payment from candidates during the election.
The INEC has pledged to take care of the comfort of these Corps members by giving them sleeping bags and other election-related supplies.
