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Banditry: Afenifere asks FG to allow corps members serve in their zones

An illustrative photo of corps members

Afenifere said allowing corps members to serve in their geopolitical zones will limit their exposure to the possibility of being kidnapped by bandits and other criminal groups.

The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has advocated for a slight restructuring of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) scheme to allow graduates performing their mandatory one-year programme to serve within their geopolitical zones.

The group made the argument amid the increasing rate of kidnapping and banditry across the country.

Afenifere, however, commended the Federal Government for rescuing some NYSC members kidnapped on their way from Akwa Ibom to Sokoto State.

The organisation also urged the government to double investments in equipment for security agents to optimise their performances.

This is according to a statement by Afenifere National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, who stressed that enrollees in the NYSC scheme should be allowed to serve in their zones rather than going from one part of the country to another.

ALSO READ: Corps members who spent service year in bandits’ den get certificates from NYSC

Afenifere calls for improved security

Though it acknowledged the success being recorded by security agencies, the group overserved that those feats appear to be dwarfed by an avalanche of security challenges people are facing in different parts of the country.

Ajayi noted that the fear of kidnappers and bandits' activities including cattle rustling have become very rampant.

“The porosity of the borders has increased the influx of small arms and light weapons from the Sahel region – thus heightening the incentives for crimes and banditry.

“Illegal mining has created room for poor governance in the areas affected – resulting in poor service delivery, displacement of the local people, increasing unemployment as farmers and youths are forced out of their farmlands – a situation that is making these set of people to be ready recruits for banditry,” the statement partly read.

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