The Director General of the National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC), Maj. Gen Suleiman Kazaure has
warned Corps members who will take part in this year’s
election against collecting gifts from politicians.
He warned that any corps member caught engaging in
electoral malpractice of any sort would be prosecuted.
Maj. Gen Kazaure, who stated this while addressing
Enugu State corps members at the Enugu East LGA
Secretariat, Saturday, said they must not give room to
any form of inducement.
“Study your environment and be security conscious.
When faced with obvious danger, secure yourself first.
“Do not enter vehicles belonging to politicians and
strangers as the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) will provide all your needs.
“The participation of corps members in the election as
ad hoc staff is not by compulsion, but a voluntary
service to their fatherland,†he said.
He advised all corps members on election duty to
appear in their uniforms with their identity cards, stating
that such will help for easy identification.
Speaking at the event, the INEC Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Emeka
Ononamadu, said that corps members participating in
the election would have insurance cover.
Ononamadu said that adequate logistics that covered
incentives and vehicles for easy movement to areas of
deployment had been put in place.
He said that 2,958 Presiding Officers would be sourced
from the NYSC in the state, with additional 1,188
Electoral Officers from other Federal Government
agencies in the state.
“It is a rare privilege to have all the presiding officers
from the NYSC,’ Ononamadu said.
Highlights of the visit of Maj. Gen. Kazaure to Enugu
state was the inauguration of a new office block at the
NYSC secretariat, completed by the coordinator in the
state, Alhaji Ahmed Ikaka.
Source:
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