168,000 NYSC Members To Be Deployed for 2015 General Elections

About 168,000 corps members that have registered to serve as ad-hoc workers in the general elections may participate in the exercise.

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, said this at the weekend at a news briefing on the national honours award of the scheme scheduled for today.
The NYSC boss said although 34,000 passed out of the scheme recently, they would still be used as ad-hoc workers during the exercise.

Brig.-Gen. Olawumi, who said about 2.8 million Nigerians have participated in the NYSC since its inception, added that the scheme had put in place watertight strategy that would guarantee the safety of the corps members during the elections.

He also added that about 164 ex-corps members that distinguished themselves during their service year would be rewarded by President Goodluck Jonathan today.
- The Nation