FEBRUARY ALLOWANCE NOT DIVERTED TO CORONAVIRUS: NYSC

Corps Members Are FG's Top Priority - NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps has debunked statements going round that the February allowances of corps members had been diverted to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country.

According to the Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, the reports were said to have been orchestrated by mischief-makers and that the NYSC claims to be making efforts to apprehend them.

The body said the welfare of corps members would always remain top priority to the Federal Government.

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The NYSC said, “The attention of the management has been drawn to an announcement purported to have been made by the NYSC Director-General, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, to the effect that the February allowances of corps members had been channelled into the fight against coronavirus.

“Every discerning mind knows that the press release is not true and can never be issued by the NYSC DG. For all intents and purposes, the false representation by the fabricators of that mischievous post smacks of insensitivity. A global issue such as the coronavirus represents a threat to humanity and should not be reduced to an object of jokes.

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“While urging corps members to disregard the ill-conceived post, the management strongly admonishes mischief-makers to desist from generating and circulating false stories about the scheme. The full weight of the law shall be visited on anyone caught in the act henceforth.”