Fact Check: Prepare For Ransom If Kidnapped, NYSC Tells Corp Members
POLITICS DIGEST – Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, DG, NYSC, righ, and the controversial booklet
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The National Youth Service Corps high command has become the butt of snide remarks everywhere for asking Corp Members to prepare to pay ransom if they were to be kidnapped in the crime-prone states. It, however, denied ever writing or saying so.
The NYSC, emphatically states that the clause quoted is not embedded in NYSC Security Tips pamphlet, which was allegedly put together by “a highly respected retired security expert.”
However, a pamphlet given to one of the corp members was checked this morning, the controversial advice is published on pages 56 and 57 of the document, entitled Security Awareness and Education Handbook For Corps Members and Staff.