Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are prohibited from engaging in partisan politics, the organization announced on Saturday.
In response to a political campaign poster posted on social media that featured some women dressed in NYSC uniforms alleging to be corps members and backing a political party, the NYSC’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr. Eddy Megwa, made this disclosure in a statement in Abuja.
Megwa said that the poster’s message violated the scheme’s rule prohibiting corps members from expressing an interest in party politics.
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Therefore, he advised the general public to disregard the information on the poster and warned the corps members to adhere to the scheme’s guidelines.
“In addition, it is a direct assault on the integrity of the NYSC which is among the electoral umpires and has been in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission in the conduct of elections in Nigeria since 2008. Management hereby restates that the scheme remains apolitical, and neutral without any form of attachment to any political party.
“The stand of the scheme runs absolutely contrary to the message fraudulently conveyed by the poster,” he was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria as saying.
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