It further requested the NYSC to re-post the corps members to relatively safe places until the security challenges were resolved.
The house, which made the call in Abuja on Tuesday at its plenary, also urged the NYSC to post only corps members, who chose to serve in crisis prone areas.
This resolution was sequel to a motion moved by Rep. Peter Edeh (ANPP–Ebonyi), which was adopted by the House when put to vote by the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha.
Leading debate on the merits of the motion, Edeh said that the recent posting of '' Batch B'' NYSC members to certain areas of the country had caused a lot of concern to the public.
He said the posting had elicited out cry from the affected corps members, as well as Nigerians due to the security challenges in those states.
Edeh said that some corps members lost their lives as a result of insecurity in their places of primary assignment in the past, and that those recently posted to such areas should be re-posted.
He argued that the safety of the NYSC members should be paramount to the government.
According to him, it will be callous to allow innocent children to be posted to places where they don't know what to do in times of trouble.
"Let us do what is practical, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) says security and welfare should be the primary concern of government. They (corps members) should not be posted to where they are not safe,'' he said.
Rep. Bitrus Kaze (PDP–Plateau) in his contribution in support of the motion said the motion was in good faith as the issue concerned human lives.
Rep. Fort Dike (PDP–Anambra) on his part agreed with the mover of the motion that it would be unfair to post corps members to where their safety might not be guaranteed.
Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (ACN–Lagos) said the motion was timely as it concerns the welfare of people, and urged his colleagues to support the motion.
However, since the motion was not opposed, it was subsequently adopted by the House.
(NAN)
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This is good news. Western education should be left to those who value it.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good development. I still believe that some of these people managing NYSC affairs are insane. If they are not, they will not contemplate sending children to areas where even the President is unsafe to visit. That is what we get when square pegs are in round holes. Let those managing NYSC resign and allow people with human hearts rule the scheme though I still believe that the scheme should be scrapped. Only a frustrated child will want to lose his/her life all in the name of NYSC. The House of Reps should be applauded for this bold step.
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Who so ever dat did the posting in the first place should be tranfered with immediate effect to the boko haram state. He is d biggest illitrate idiot.....
ReplyDeleteAt last some sense has been said.
ReplyDeletewhy is it that we plan to fail and fail to plan, why do the Rep, wait all this while before they move a motion against the posting, or does it mean that they don't follow events or they don't know what to do at a point in time, why is it that someone will risk his/her life in the first place to travel all the way from calabar to kaduna for orientation camp and on getting there he/she was directed to report at any nearest camp, risk of life.
ReplyDeletemeaning that the so called committee on education do not know when NYSC camping start?
Most of these people at the helm of affairs in this country are there because they have Abrahams as their godfathers, otherwise how can a reasonable person who sees that people are being massacred every day in the North send the corpers to those areas? Where are those securities when the bombs are planted or when the suicide bombers take off and land to their targets without hindrance?
ReplyDeleteOUR SO CALLED ARMY DONT EVEN WANT TO FACE SUCH UGLY THING
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