The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) has given conditions which must be satisfied by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before serving corps members could be released for elections.
The conditions include provision of
bullet-proof vests, armed escorts and
payment of attractive allowances for
corps members who are to participate in
the polls starting from the Adamawa
State governorship bye-election next
month.
Though reports said that the board of
NYSC made the participation of corpers
in the election voluntary, they however
insisted that the security of those that
are to conduct the election should not be
handled with kid-gloves.
However, the Special Adviser on Media
to Chairman of INEC, Mr Kayode Idowu
said that the Inter-consultative
Committee on Election Security which
undertakes risk assessment of electoral
contests would determine security
measures that the Commission would
implement during conduct of the
election.
He assured that the security of corps
members is of utmost important to the
electoral board.
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