Emman Ovuakporie
The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated the committee on youth development to investigate item 65(e ) of the National Youth Service Corps handbook which gives members security tips incase of kidnap cases.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports Rep Ndudi Elumelu the opposition leader raised the motion under matters of urgent national importance at plenary describing the section which advised Corps members to inform their families to make ransom available in case they fall victim to kidnap as “embarrassing ”
Elumelu insists the inclusion of that section shows a complete collapse in the security architecture of the country which calls for worry and that it is against the provisions of Section 19 of the Public Officers Protection Act.
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila, referred the house to a 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 what the security Tips actually stated.
TNG recalls that 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 to Nigerians.
The NYSC initially denied it but immediately copies of the handbook started circulating in the social media networks, the withdrawal was withdrawn.