The Lagos State House of Assembly has written a letter to the office of the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, protesting the recent posting of prospective corps members from the southern part of the country to several states in the north.
This was the resolution taken by the lawmakers at plenary on Monday after Hon. Sanai Agunbiade (Ikorodu 1) under matters of urgent public importance, drew the attention of his colleagues to the general concern on
the safety of corps members posted to the north.
He said since the posting began, he had received a lot of calls and text messages from protesters.
The House urged the NYSC management to post all graduates meant for the NYSC scheme out of the "volatile states" in the northern part of the country.
Agunbiade asked his colleagues to compel the management of NYSC to post prospective corps members, especially Lagos indigenes out of the restive areas.
And that in the event that the corps members are not reposted, the NYSC should be held liable for whatever happens to the youths, he added.
"A lot of our indigenes and citizens are being posted to troublesome areas where several corps members died last year and their parents are still mourning," he said, adding that there were no assurances from the NYSC management about adequate security for corps members.
"We are not saying that the scheme should be cancelled, but if some people have chosen to be unrepentant in their brazen violence, then something must be done", Agunbiade said.
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