NYSC Refutes Allegations of Exposing Corps Members to Banditry, Denies Existence of 'Ransom Clause
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has strongly dismissed as false and misleading a viral report claiming that the scheme exposes corps members to banditry and operates a "ransom clause" that shifts responsibility for kidnapping ransoms to families. In an official statement, the NYSC management reacted to the alarmist write-up titled “Urgent: The NYSC Death Trap, Our Graduates Are Being Sold to Bandits.” The scheme described the publication as lacking journalistic balance, failing to seek its side of the story, and capable of inciting fear while undermining public confidence in the national service programme. Key Denials from NYSC No 'Ransom Clause' Exists: “For the avoidance of doubt, the National Youth Service Corps categorically states that there is no provision whatsoever for any ‘ransom clause’ in the NYSC Act, Bye-laws, or any official publication of the Scheme. This claim is entirely fictitious and should be disregarded in its entirety.”ecac5e No Policy ...