NYSC kidnap: Afenifere demands urgent reform

…says corps members should serve within states, zones

By Adeola Badru
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called for the immediate implementation of reforms to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, scheme to prevent prospective corps members from undertaking long-distance journeys to states where they are vulnerable to kidnapping and other security threats.
The organisation’s demand followed the abduction of 20 graduates travelling from Ibadan, Oyo State, to their respective NYSC orientation camps in the South-East and South-South, with Afenifere urging the Federal Government to fast-track amendments to the NYSC Act and allow graduates to serve in their s...