THE Director-General of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Olawunmi Johnson, has urged workers and members of the scheme to maintain high level of political neutrality before and during the 2015 general elections.
He emphasised the need for the workers to coordinate and guide the corps members to discharge their electoral duties with maximum sense of patriotism and selflessness.
Olawunmi, who was represented by the Director of Corps Welfare and Inspectorate, Mr. Michael Ahile, at the opening of the 2014 Inspectors Development Training Programme for Southwest states at the Ogun State orientation camp in Sagamu, said the scheme was set to train its workers to ensure safety of the corps members.
According to him, the competence training was among numerous programmes put in place to ensure that workers were well-trained ahead of the general election. “This programme was specially designed to improve the capability and competence of inspectors who are the operators of the scheme at the grassroots” he noted.
He said: “Let me remind you that in 2015, the country would be going to the polls for the general elections. Therefore, your capabilities and sense of duty would once more be put to test in terms of how you are able to coordinate corps members and guide them to ensure that they maintain political neutrality and discharge their electoral duties with utmost sense of patriotism and selflessness”.
Ogun State has approved N19,430,000 for the 2014 Batch B Corps members.
The Commissioner for Youths and Sports Dr. Lanre Tejuosho, who was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Moyo Abimbola, stated this.
Abimbola said the NYSC Board inaugurated by Governor Ibikunle Amosun has approved N3 million in support of the 2014 Inspectors Development Training Programme.
She emphasised the readiness of the government to support the scheme in its operations.
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