The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says corps member deployed as INEC ad hoc staff will not be allowed to work in security challenged areas in the country.
Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, said this in an interview in Abuja on Saturday, ahead of the upcoming Governorship and House of Assembly polls slated for March 9.
Adeyemi, who said that no corps member died during the Presidential and National Assembly Elections, which held on Feb. 23, assured that the safety and security of corps members remained a top priority for the scheme.
She said that corps members would not be posted to work as ad hoc staff for the March elections in any state or area of the Federation that had been adjudged as having security challenges..
According to Adeyemi, the NYSC do not allow corps members work in any security challenged area, whether it is for primary assignment or for elections and INEC understands that.
“Corps members are not allowed to work or live in such areas and this is understood by INEC. Once a place is adjudged and declared as having security challenges, corps members are not to serve there either for elections or primary assignments.
“Their security is always considered by the scheme during posting.
“We have seen reports in the media claiming that corps members died during the presidential and national assembly elections.
“The NYSC Coordinator in Rivers already addressed this issue and set the records straight that no corps member serving as INEC ad hoc staff died during the Feb. 23 elections.
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