By Adedayo Akinwale
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved automatic employment in the Federal Civil Service for one graduate from each of the immediate families of the 10 slain National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in 2011 in Bauchi State.
He said the President also approved scholarships to the four children of Mr. Adowei Elliot, a Delta State indigene killed during the post-election violence.
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare announced these during inauguration of the National Governing Board of the NYSC yesterday in Abuja.
The 10 corps members were killed in Bauchi State following the 2011 election won by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
In a statement by Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Mohammed Manga, the minister said: “As a sign of the federal government’s unflinching commitment to the NYSC, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the automatic employment of 10 direct…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
