By Oluwaseun Sonde
Management of National Youth Service Corps NYSC has revealed that 8,141 Corps members participated in Osun Gubernatorial election exercise held on Saturday, 16th July, 2022, and there was no case of abscondment on the part of the Corps members as alleged.
In a statement released by the NYSC Spokesman, Eddy Megwa on Monday over alleged 45 Corp members failed to turn up at their respective polling units by Dr Deji Adeleke, thus implying an attempt on the part of the Corps members to undermine the credibility of the exercise.
The Management wished to state that the allegation in its entirety does not represent the true position of what happened on the said day.
While noted that it is pertinent to state that before every election, Corps Members are trained and sensitised on the provisions of the Electoral Act, as security of Corps Members is a cardinal policy thrust of the Scheme which is always given prominence during the training sessions.
"Accordingly, in line with the foregoing policy, Corps Members that participate in electoral duties are under strict instruction not to move to any polling unit, with sensitive and non-sensitive materials in the absence of vehicles and complementary security cover provided by Independent National Electoral Commission.
"However, it took a while before the polling officers detailed to a few newly-created polling units could locate them through the intervention of the Desk Officers, Electoral Operations Support Centre.
"Consequently, it is appropriate to restate, while reassuring the general public, especially the electorates that the Scheme will continue to discharge its electoral duties in tandem with the provisions of the Electoral Act, with the highest degree of discipline and neutrality", NYSC stated.
While in the final analysis, the Management hereby advised the general public to disregard the sweeping statement made by the respected elder statesman for lacking in facts and accuracy.
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