The
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nasarawa State has recommended
that seven corps members posted to the state face disciplinary measures
for committing various offences during their service year. Zainab
Isah, NYSC Coordinator in the state, made this known in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia. NYSC in the
state supervised a low-key Passing out Parade (POP) for the 2017 Batch
“B” Stream II corps members in Lafia, and other local government areas
of the state. Isah said the affected corps members would face
punishment after final ratification by the Nasarawa State NYSC Governing
Board. She said that some of them faced the possibility of having their
service year extended by various periods for contravening the NYSC
bye-laws. “Some corps members erred during the service year. We have
seven corps members that have disciplinary cases. Some of them missed
the monthly allowances because they embarked on unauthorised journeys
and others left their places of primary assignment without permission
among other offences.For those who absconded, the allowances they missed
are what would be used to pay them as they served their punishment and
the period of the extension depended on the gravity of the misconduct,’’
she said. The NYSC state coordinator said the decision to punish the
erring corps members was based on the recommendation of the state NYSC
Disciplinary Committee. She added that it, however, had to be ratified
by the NYSC governing board. “We have a committee on corps discipline,
comprising all Assistant Directors and all heads of branches in the
secretariat. 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 has ratified it,’’ Isah said. The coordinator
advised the 524 corps members comprising 340 males and 184 females, who
were passing out, to take advantage of the skills they acquired during
their service year for self-employment. She urged them to take advantage
of the training to support themselves pending when a government job
would come. Isah thanked the state government for supporting NYSC and
pleaded that corps members, who performed exceptionally and made
significant impact in their primary assignments, should be absorbed in
the state’s civil service. She said that only three of the corps
members that were passing out would be given awards for their exemplary
service during the year. The NYSC coordinator added that this would also
need ratification from the NYSC governing board in the state.7 corps members to be disciplined in Nasarawa for committing various offences during their service year
The
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nasarawa State has recommended
that seven corps members posted to the state face disciplinary measures
for committing various offences during their service year. Zainab
Isah, NYSC Coordinator in the state, made this known in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia. NYSC in the
state supervised a low-key Passing out Parade (POP) for the 2017 Batch
“B” Stream II corps members in Lafia, and other local government areas
of the state. Isah said the affected corps members would face
punishment after final ratification by the Nasarawa State NYSC Governing
Board. She said that some of them faced the possibility of having their
service year extended by various periods for contravening the NYSC
bye-laws. “Some corps members erred during the service year. We have
seven corps members that have disciplinary cases. Some of them missed
the monthly allowances because they embarked on unauthorised journeys
and others left their places of primary assignment without permission
among other offences.For those who absconded, the allowances they missed
are what would be used to pay them as they served their punishment and
the period of the extension depended on the gravity of the misconduct,’’
she said. The NYSC state coordinator said the decision to punish the
erring corps members was based on the recommendation of the state NYSC
Disciplinary Committee. She added that it, however, had to be ratified
by the NYSC governing board. “We have a committee on corps discipline,
comprising all Assistant Directors and all heads of branches in the
secretariat. 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 has ratified it,’’ Isah said. The coordinator
advised the 524 corps members comprising 340 males and 184 females, who
were passing out, to take advantage of the skills they acquired during
their service year for self-employment. She urged them to take advantage
of the training to support themselves pending when a government job
would come. Isah thanked the state government for supporting NYSC and
pleaded that corps members, who performed exceptionally and made
significant impact in their primary assignments, should be absorbed in
the state’s civil service. She said that only three of the corps
members that were passing out would be given awards for their exemplary
service during the year. The NYSC coordinator added that this would also
need ratification from the NYSC governing board in the state.
