The National Youth Service Corps has warned that it would withdraw corps members from Bayelsa State if the attacks and killing of the members persist.
Director-General of the programme, Major-General Suleiman Kazaure gave the warning on Tuesday when he visited the 2019 batch A corps members at the NYSC orientation camp at Kaiama in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
His warning was in reaction to the killing of two corps members at Swali in Yenagoa in the past two weeks.
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“Corps members are the national assets on national assignment; if nothing is done by the state government about the killing of corps members, we will withdraw corps members from serving in Bayelsa State.
“I have come to see the 2019 Batch ‘A’ corps members in the camp and to assess some of the facilities in the camp but our major concern here is the safety of these young people.
“I want to draw the attention of Governor Seriake Dickson because he is the chief security officers of the state. So, there is need for him to do the needful in terms of security of the corps members,” Kazaure said.
