NYSC to Blacklist Employers over non provision of Accommodation

The National Youth Service Corps( NYSC ) has threatened to blacklist local government councils as well as employers that fail to provide accommodation for corps members deployed for them.

The Ondo State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs Grace Akpabio, said this on Wednesday when she paid a courtesy visit on Oba Batuga Akintoye, the Jegun of Idepe in Okitipupa Local Government area .

She visited the palace to express her displeasure over the attack on some corps members at their residence in Okitipupa.

She sad, “Henceforth, any corps employers or local government councils without well secured accommodation will be blacklisted.

“Your royal highness, it is callous and wicked on the part of some good -for -nothing individuals to inflict pains and psychological trauma on corps members.

“They left their respective families and loved ones to come over to Ondo State to serve their fatherland only to be rewarded with such inhuman treatment.

“Kabiyesi, some corps members in order to deliver effective service delivery to the host community rented a building.

” The building was broken into by miscreants in the society who dispossessed them of their valuables at gun point and went ahead to molest them.

“I am here on the order of the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.- Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, to inform the Kabiyesi and all the corps employers in Okitipupa Local Government that the NYSC management has resolved to post corps members to only places where their security are guaranteed with good accommodation.

“It is most unfortunate that when the incident occurred, the NYSC Local Government Inspector informed the Local Government Council of the dastardly act.

“But up till this present time of my visit to assess the situation, the local government authorities have not deemed it fit to sympathise with the affected corps members.

“These are our children and the onus lies on us to provide conducive accommodation for them and at the same time ensure that their lives are adequately protected,” she lamented.

The Jegun of Idepe, Oba Batuga Akintoye, expressed shock over the incident and appealed to the state coordinator to allow him take over the matter with the stakeholders and security agencies within the council area.

The monarch, on behalf of the indigenes and settlers of the town, promised that appropriate steps would be taken to forestall a recurrence.

The traditional ruler seized the opportunity provided by the visit to call on corps members to report to the palace or security agencies in the town any suspicious movement or activity within their environment.