Nigeria’s House of Representatives on Tuesday asked its committee on youth development to investigate item 65(e) in the handbook of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, which gives members security tips incase of kidnap cases.
The motion moved by the House Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, described the section which advices Corps members to tell their families to make ransom available in case they fall victim kidnap as “embarrassing “
The lawmaker said that the inclusion of that section showed a complete collapse in the architectural system of the country’s security and a major source of worry, insisting that it is against the provisions of section 19 of the public officers protection act.
Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, referred the House to the refutal made by the management of the NYSC which the sponsor of the motion immediately countered as he came armed with a copy of the NYSC handbook reading out the security tips actually stated.
Section 65(e)of the NYSC handbook had surfaced in a section of the media over the weekend, generating a lot of reactions and raising concerns.
