2023: 'Remain Apolitical, Neutral During the Election'- NYSC DG Urges Corps Members

BRIG. GEN. MUHAMMED FATAH
Director General NYSC

The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Brigadier General Mohammed Fadah, has urged all the corps members participating in the 2023 general elections to remain apolitical and neutral during the conduct of the election.

Fadah made the call in Bauchi on Sunday during his camp inspection tour to the state's NYSC permanent orientation camp, Wailo in Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the state.

According to him, corps members were expected to be neutral and remained non-partisan in any political activity.

"We are heading to the 2023 general elections and all of you will take part in that election.

"Please, if you happen to be an official in an election or any electioneering programme, play according to the rules of the game.

"You and I are all apolitical, we don't belong to any political party and the only political party we belong to is Nigeria.

"You may have sympathy or interest in a political party, for this one year that you are serving, please, just keep it to yourselves.

After your service, you are entitled to any political party that you think is worthy for you to be a member. Please, don't involve yourselves in anything political," said the DG.

Fadah reminded the corps members that their personal safety is their personal responsibility both during and after the camp, urging them not to stand by the road side in search of free ride.

He advised them to go to the appropriate motor park to board vehicles for their Journeys, saying "this is because you may end up in a bad place while searching for a free ride".

"Please avoid night journeys and if you happen to be on transit, once it's 6 p.m, break that journey and go to the nearest NYSC lodge, police station or police facilities and stay there till the next day," said the D-G.

Earlier, the state Coordinator of NYSC Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, said 1,511 corps members had been registered in the camp for the 2022 Batch B stream II NYSC service.

He said out of this number, 766 were males while 745 were females, adding that they had been conducting themselves maturely and participating in all the camp activities.