Mass redeployment of NYSC corps members in Plateau, Kano, Jigawa, Gombe State

There has been mass redeployment of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), as a total of 4,456 Batch 'B' corps members serving in five states in the North have been redeployed to other states, especially southern states of the country.
Reports from Plateau, Jigawa, Kano, Bauchi and Gombe states, on Monday, indicated that no fewer than 802 corps members redeployed from Plateau State, while 749 and 1,300 youth corps members redeployed from Jigawa and Kano states respectively.
Also, 1,000 corps members out of 1,687 members posted to Gome State redeployed to other states, while 605 out of the 1,221 posted to Bauchi also redeployed. The redeployment of the corps members, according to the coordinators in the various states, were granted on marital and health grounds. In Plateau, all those that applied for redeployment had their requests granted, while others were posted to different parts of the state.
Speaking on Monday at the formal closing ceremony of the 2012 Batch 'B' orientation course held at the temporary orientation camp, Bukuru, the state coordinator, Mr Maram Maful, said majority of those redeployed were married women, pregnant and nursing mothers, with those with ailment also on the list. He said 30 withdrew their redeployment letters, while others were still contemplating their withdrawal.
Meanwhile, the state governor, Mr Jonah Jang, represented by the state Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr Lohfa Bako, has assured corps members serving in the state of government's support. Some of those who agreed to serve in the state said they were staying back because of the prevailing insecurity in the country, adding that there was no part of the country without its own share of security problem.
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