PROSPECTIVE corps members risk prosecution if they fail to turn up for the scheme, the directorate of the National Youth Service Corps has said.
Director-General of NYSC, Maj. Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim said this while signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to henceforth activate its powers to prosecute offenders.
In a statement by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Emeka Mgbemena, the NYSC Boss said Section 13 Sub Section 1(a) and (b) empowers the Service Corps to prosecute offenders.
General Ibrahim, who was represented by the Director, Legal Services of the NYSC, Barrister Tijjani Ahmed Ibrahim, lamented that NYSC has been having constraints in prosecuting some of its cases but expressed optimism that the partnership with the NSCDC will bring the situation to an end.
He recalled that NSCDC was instrumental in the discovery and dismantling of a fake NYSC Camp as well as the successful prosecution of the culprits.
The Commandant General of the Corps, Dr. Ahmed Audi gave assurance that the pact would assist the NYSC to achieve its mandate.
Represented by the Director Legal Services of the Corps, Umar Aliyu Mohammed, the Commandant further promised to ensure that the partnership yielded the desired objectives.