The Management of National Youth Service Corps NYSC has reacted over campaign poster making rounds in the social media, showing some ladies in NYSC uniform purporting to be Corps members, endorsing one of the political parties in the country.
In a statement released by the Scheme Spokesman, Eddy Megwa on Saturday, while the management stated that the message encapsulated in the poster is antithetical to the policy of NYSC which forbids Corps Members from showing partisan interest in politics.
Adding that such interest is a direct assault on the integrity of NYSC Scheme which is among the electoral umpires, also been in collaboration with Independent National Electoral Commission INEC conduct of elections in Nigeria since 2008.
NYSC hereby restated that the Scheme remains apolitical, and neutral without any form of attachment to any political party, as the stand of the scheme runs absolutely contrary to the message fraudulently conveyed by the poster.
The Management also used this medium to remind members of the public that Section 14 of the NYSC Act makes it an offence for any person who is not a Corps Member to wear the NYSC uniform.
“Such a person if found guilty is liable on conviction to six(6) months imprisonment and or a fine”, the scheme said.
NYSC advised the general public to discountenance the information contained in the poster; while strongly admonishing Corps Members to abide by the policy of the Scheme that forbids them from showing partisan interest in politics.