By Ayodele Oni
Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim has told Corps Members who would participate in next Saturday’s Governorship election in Ondo state, not to announce results on social media.
He told them that as ad hoc staff, their duty is to conduct the election in line with guidelines of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC).
Ibrahim, who was in Akure, addressed the Youth Corps members, and expressed the hope that they would build on the performance of their counterparts in Edo State, as part of the process to free and fair election.
He said the visit was important for corps members to remind them on the need to always maintain the neutrality that they were always known for, and not run foul of INEC law.
Shuaibu also charged them not to compromise the integrity of the scheme and be security conscious of their environment.
The DG later visited the Palace of the Deji of Akure where he highlighted the roles of Traditional Institutions as stakeholders in the electoral process.
Ibrahim assured the monarch of adequate support of the Directorate and that of Corps Members posted to the state.
”The traditional institution are also stakeholders in the electoral process, I assure you of the support from the NYSC. Our corps members are ‘digital’ corps members, always tell them what you want. I want to urge you to tap into their resources.”
The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi who assured peaceful poll in the state, said the corps members are the hope of the people who bank their neutrality.
