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2023 General Elections: NYSC Commission Distress Call Centre For Corps Members
Joel Ajayi
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has launched A Distress Call Centre (DCC) with emergency call number 6972 for corps members to alert the authorities in cases of any danger during the forthcoming 2023 general election.
NYSC Director General, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed, on Tuesday, in Abuja announced the development while briefing journalists on the readiness of the Scheme for the forthcoming general elections.
He expressed that, creation of the emergency call centre was to enhance the security and safety of Corps Members
Ahmed said once the centre receives a call from any corps member, they will get the issue and location of the caller and immediately alert security agents in that area for quick response.
Speaking on the security and welfare of the participating corps members, Ahmed noted that the scheme had been discussed with the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies and they have assured the scheme that everything had been put in place to ensure the security and general welfare of the corps members.
“We have meet with Nigerian Police, DSS, Civil defense, all others security agencies, all hands are on deck to ensure corps members life are secure
“We are committed to making adequate provision for security and general welfare with the policy thrust of my administration.
The NYSC DG also warned Corps Members against receiving gifts or any form of financial inducement from politicians during the 2023 General Elections.
“Those who are going to participate in this election have already been trained, guidelines have also been given to them, they’re well informed and are willing to give their best.
“I have gone to meet with the security agencies since I took over and every hand is on the deck to make sure Corps Members are safe.
“The NYSC officials on their own have sensitized the Corp Members on the importance of their security and maintaining the ethics of the election,” the DG stated.
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Musawa Seeks Broader Significance for June 12
Joel Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, Esq., says June 12 must be remembered as a sacrifice that gave Nigerians democracy, beyond its status as a public holiday.
In a statement signed on Saturday by the Senior Assistant Media & Publicity to the Honourable Minister,Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy Dr Nneka Ikem Anibeze Ph.D in Abuja.
Musawa stated this at the national premiere of “MKO”, a film on Chief Moshood Abiola, held at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts, Lagos, to mark Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary.
She said 33 years after June 12, 1993, many young Nigerians know it only as a holiday, but the film turns it back into memory.
“For too many young Nigerians, June 12 is simply a public holiday. This film tells them that our democracy did not arrive by chance. It was fought for. It was defended. It was paid for. This documentary is in honour of the heroes of June 12, the men and women who gave their lives for the mandate of June 12, 1993 and for the democracy Nigeria enjoys today,” the Minister said.
Musawa hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Chief Host, for his participation in the June 12 struggle and paying the price in exile, adding that Nigeria’s creative industry will keep telling the story of its democracy with courage.
“Through film and the creative economy, Nigeria will preserve its history. A nation that forgets its past loses its way to the future. Nigeria has a story and our story deserves to be told,” she said.
Earlier, the director of the investigative documentary, Ose Oyamendan, said the film was in honour and memory of heroes who fought for Nigeria’s democracy.
“There was Hope ’93 and now there is Renewed Hope. There was a man who sacrificed his life so we may have democracy and there is a man who almost lost his life fighting for democracy who is now helping build a lasting democracy.
“There was a great man called Bashorun MKO Abiola and there is now another great man called Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Democrats. Nationalists. Nation builders. Leaders of men and women. We must never forget our story. We must always honour and remember our heroes,” Oyamendan said.
Top government officials including President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the wife of the President Senator Oluremi Tinubu; Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chief of Staff to the President Rt. Femi Gbajabiamila, state Governors, members of the National Assembly, Ministers and other distinguished dignitaries attended the premiere.
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