NYSC denies abandoning corps members in COVID-19 isolation centres

The management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied abandoning corps members in COVID- 19 isolation centres.

The Corps refuted the story on social media claiming that the management had abandoned some corps members in COVID-19 isolation centres, saying it is inaccurate and did not in anyway represent the true position of things.

In a press statement, Adenike Adeyemi, NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations explained that some corps members of the 2020 Batch “A” deployed to Jigawa state had to return to the orientation camp to conclude the programme earlier truncated in March 2020 after their test came out positive.

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Adeyemi clarified that before admission into any NYSC camp, the prospective corps members and camp officials must undergo COVID-19 test.

She pointed out that those who tested negative were allowed into the camps, while cases of those that tested positive were handled by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The Director noted that the Jigawa corps members that tested positive to the virus were taken into the state’s isolation centre for treatment and care, adding that the NYSC Jigawa Secretariat, Jigawa State Government and NCDC had been in constant touch with the corps members on their welfare and care.

Adeyemi observed that there had been agitations from some of them that want to leave the isolation centre to reunite with their families because of the festivities, but were turned down until they were certified okay by the NCDC.