(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that two corps members lost their lives during the 2021/2022 service year in Kano State. The NYSC State Coordinator, Hajiya Aisha Tata-Mohammed, made the disclosure during the Passing-Out-Parade of 1, 936 Batch “A” Stream II Corps members, on Thursday in kano. She said that
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The Kano State coordinator, National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Hajiya Aisha Tata Mohammed said the NYSC in Kano lost two corps members to untimely death while five members were to repeat service year.
Mohammed noted that most corps members said they were at the initial stage not happy to serve in Kano but later realised that the state was accommodating while transportation and food were cheap in the state.
This was just as a total number of 2,155 participated in the Passing-out Parade (POP) of Batch “A” 2020 held on Thursday. This includes 1,296 males and 869 females.
Mohammed, who disclosed this to pressmen on Thursday during the POP held at the Federal Government Secretariat, Kano, however, added that the two corps members that lost their lives died at their parent homes.
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Hajiya Aisha Tata-Mohammed, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Coordinator in Kano State says five corps members from the 2020 Batch ‘A’ will repeat their service year for absconding.
Tata-Mohammed made this known during the passing out of the batch and presentation of certificates to 2,155 corps members at on Thursday in Kano.
She said that 15 corps members would also go on the extension of service for committing various offences.
The coordinator said two corps members died during the service year, adding that both were on relocation but died after they had returned to their states of origin.