The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has evacuated corps members from crisis zone in Benue State to safer locations in Makurdi.
According to the NYSC Benue State Coordinator, Mrs. Veronica Garba, the corps members were evacuated from Yelewata and Daudu areas and settled in NYSC family houses, including offices of the Nigeria Corpers Christian Fellowship (NCCF), National Association of Catholic Corps Members (NACCM), and Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria (MCAN).
Garba, in an interview with journalists on Thursday in Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State, stated that the evacuation was carried out promptly after the NYSC management received reports of the crisis, and the corps members were safely settled in Makurdi.
“We do not joke with the safety of our corps members because we take them as our children so as soon as we heard about the crisis, we contacted the Commissioner of Police who detailed his officers to help us evacuate our corps members.
“We then did our head count and none was missing so we arranged with the heads of all the family houses and got them settled in Makurdi for now pending when the situation will improve,” she said.
She assured parents that their children were safe and urged them to remain calm.
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