Elections: NYSC DG commends Corps members

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director General, Major General Suleiman Zakari Kazaure, has commended corps members who worked as INEC ad hoc personnel in last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections nationwide.

This is even as the scheme has clarified that no corps member died, saying the INEC ad hoc staff that was announced dead was not a corps member.

Kazaure in a statement signed by the director, Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, on Monday in Abuja commended them for their courage, high level of discipline, patriotism and neutrality in the conduct of this historic national assignment.

“In particular, the resilience you all demonstrated in the face of the initial challenges encountered in matters of welfare in several states has heightened the nation’s confidence in you as an emerging generation of Nigeria leaders.

“While commending you once more, it is our ardent hope that you will go into the next phase of the electoral duties, i.e the Governorship and State Assembly elections on 9th March, 2019, with similar zeal, patriotism, and high sense of responsibility, We pray for God’s continued protection upon you as you prepare for the coming phase,” he said.

He assured the corps members of the scheme’s commitment to working with relevant stakeholders to promptly address all matters relating to their security and general welfare throughout and after this election season.

He also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to, as a matter of urgency, settle all outstanding training allowances and other entitlements of the corps members who participated in the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, and to avoid delay in the settlement of their allowances for the next phase of the elections.

“We also use this medium to appeal to INEC and security agencies to continue to evolve strategies for the protection of all corps members throughout this election period and thereafter,” he said

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