Isa Umar Gusau
16 October 2007
Maiduguri — About one hundred corps members in the Batch 'A' NYSC 2007 serving indifferent parts of the country have appealed to members of the National Assembly, the National Universities Commission, Minister of education as well as human rights groups to come to their aid as they risk being stopped by the NYSC from completing their service after seven months in a process called "dekitting".
In an SOS (Save Our Souls) letter titled: NOT OUR FAULT signed by the corps members made available to Daily Trust in Maiduguri states that they were recently called off from their places of primary assignment in different states over a problem associated with their schools which they said was not their fault.
"We were students of St. Paul University College in Nibo- Nise, Awka south in Anambra State of Nigeria. We were told by the school management that our school was affiliated to the University Of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. We were admitted and did our matriculation in the UNN, Enugu campus. We thereafter paid all fees and studied for four or more years for various degree programs. On graduation, we were deployed for the NYSC March 2007 Batch A, just as every other graduate", the corps members said.
The group said "then all of a sudden, in August, all of us serving were called back from service. We have since gone to our institution (St. Paul University) to make enquiry but could not get any reasonable explanation as to why we were so ridiculed and humiliated. We want to go back and complete our national service. We don't deserve this treatment" the corps members declared.
The corps members appealed for assistance as according to them they have left their places of assignment, while other corps members in their category will complete the one year service by February next year.
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