A clergyman has taken to social media to advise prospective corps members against serving in Nigeria’s northern states.
Identified on X (formerly Twitter) as @pfemiolaleye, the clergyman cautioned young Nigerians not to risk their lives for the country.
In a tweet that has since gone viral, he stressed that even if corps members make the ultimate sacrifice, their efforts might be unrecognized or forgotten.
He wrote:
“Do not mobilize for NYSC if you are posted to the North. Stay at home. I am telling you as one who is a Father. It is madness for a father to invest all he has in his children only to hand them over to a state with no empathy. Do not let wicked men use you as pawns. Go to safe areas for NYSC. Don’t risk your life. If you are harmed, I promise you this country will forget you or claim you didn’t even die. Wisen up.”
The warning comes in the wake of a tragic accident in which 16 prospective corps members lost their lives while traveling to the NYSC orientation camp in Gombe.
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