The Coordinator of the National Youth
Service Corps in Osun State, Mr
Emmanuel Attah, has said that 49 corps
members were sent back home from the
orientation camp on health grounds.
Attah said this on Wednesday evening
during the inspection of the permanent
orientation camp in Ede by the Director-
General of the NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Suleiman
Kazaure.
He explained that the NYSC took the step
in order to prevent serious health issues
and death in the camp.
Attah said, “Two thousand, three hundred
corps members were deployed in Osun
State and out of this, we registered 2,226.
Of this number, 1,023 are male while
1,123 are female corps members.
“Out of this number, we relocated 73
corps members. Forty-nine corps
members were sent home on medical
grounds while the rest are nursing
mothers and some have marital issues.
“We never took a chance. We are serious
on medical issue; that is why we never
had any issue right from Sunday. The
medical team checked any corps member
for communicable diseases and we got
some, registered them and sent them
back home.
“Concerning affected corps member, we
called the parents or next of kin to tell
them the conditions of their children. We
also paid their transport fares back
home.”
Kazaure said, “The NYSC is about unity
and national development. We have four
cardinal programmes in the NYSC and
through them we achieve the motives of
the scheme.”
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