The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Nnamdi. Okere-Affia, had visited the camp en route to Bauchi when the corps members took advantage of his presence to complain that the directive that they be redeployed because of the crisis in the state was not heeded.
Efforts by the DG to pacify the corps members provoked more anger as they went berserk saying that they were forced to serve in the state against their wish.
They accused the coordinator, Mr. Maram Maful, of not heeding the directive to redeploy them.
But Maful said he did not refuse to redeploy willing corps members but that some married and pregnant women who had been paid and duly redeployed refused to leave the camp.
Okere-Affia, while addressing the corps members said the directive to redeploy those who were willing to leave remained irrevocable.
He, however, advised those who wanted to stay to remain vigilant at all times and try to live in peace with their hosts.
He said, "I have directed that redeployment letters be given at the end of the orientation programme to those who want to go. However, for those that want to stay, we are liaising with the state government to ensure that they are not posted to restive areas."
The DG advised the coordinator to expedite action on the order so that they could be released as soon as the camping programme was over.
The National Assembly had last week kicked against the posting of NYSC corps members to the North. The Chairman, Committee on Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King stated that the House had told the DG to withdraw corps members posted to the North.
According to him, the safety of lives and property cannot be guaranteed in that region of the country. He stated that the North had been plagued by violence and that the government would resist posting of any corps member there.
This came after graduates of Lagos State University, surrounded the state assembly with placards that read, "LASU says no to posting to the North, and 'No service in Boko Haram states."
Speaking to some of the corpers in Plateau state, they expressed their anger at the recent developments, as they signed documents to allow them go home.
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