The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General YD Ahmed has applauded the Kwara State Government over its sanctions on a school teacher, Hajiya Fatimoh Hamzat, who recently assaulted a female Corps Member, serving at Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin.
This is according to a statement issued by the NYSC’s Acting Director of Press and Public Relations on Thursday.
TheFact Daily gathered that Hajia Fatimoh Hamzat had verbally and physically assaulted a Corps Member
for failing to ‘greet her properly’. To serve as deterrent to others, the government demoted Hamzat by two grade levels and also transferred her out of the school.
Brigadier General Ahmed commended the investigative panel set up by the State Government for its objectivity and fairness in line with the Public Service Rules.
He said the Scheme would not condone any form of maltreatment meted out on its Corps Members. He pointed out that as people who were on National Assignment, and contributing to nation-building and unity of Nigeria, Corps Members deserved to be valued, appreciated, and accorded decent treatment by their employers and members of their host communities.
General Ahmed stated further that the security and welfare of Corps Members remained the topmost priority of his administration.
He, however urged all Corps Members to abide by their Oath of Allegiance and continue to discharge their statutory responsibilities towards national unity and socio-economic development of the country as good ambassadors of the Scheme.
It was gathered that the law-abiding but aggrieved Corps Member reported the incident, and NYSC forwarded the same complaint to the State Government through the appropriate channels leading to the setting up of an investigative panel, the findings which the NYSC found fair and commendable.
