NYSC Commends Kwara State Action on Assaulted Corps Member

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has applauded the Kwara State Government over its sanctions on a school teacher, Hajia Fatimoh Hamzat, who recently assaulted a female Corps Member, serving at Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin.

The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed commended the investigative panel set up by the State Government for its objectivity and fairness in line with the Public Service Rules.

This is contained in a statement by the Ag. Director, Information & Public Relations Caroline Embu and made available to journalists in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

General Ahmed said the Scheme would not condone any form of maltreatment meted out on its Corps Members. He pointed out that as people who are on national assignment, and contributing to the nation-building and unity of Nigeria, Corps Members deserve to be valued, appreciated, and accorded decent treatment by their employers and members of their host communities.

He also said that the security and welfare of Corps Members remains the topmost priority of his administration.

He, however, urged all Corps Members to abide by their Oath of Allegiance and continue to discharge their statutory responsibilities towards national unity and socio-economic development of the country as good ambassadors of the Scheme.

The Corps Member in question had been verbally and physically assaulted by Hajia Fatimoh Hamzat for failing to ‘greet her properly’.

The law-abiding but aggrieved Corps Member then reported the incident, and NYSC forwarded the same complaint to the State Government through the appropriate channels leading to the setting up of an investigative panel, the findings which the NYSC found fair and commendable.

Dominica Nwabufo