BY PETER OKUTU

ABAKALIKI — THE National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has warned corps members posted to avoid collecting financial and material inducements from politicians during the forthcoming general elections in the state.

Director-General of the corps, Brigadier General Johnson  Olawumi, handed down the warning at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Old Macgregor College, Afikpo, Ebonyi State, last weekend.
Olawumi, who gave the warning during a visit to appraise the welfare of the corps members, emphasised that the full weight of the law would be visited on any corps members who mortgaged  his conscience by colluding with politicians to tarnish the image of the scheme.

He warned:  “The full weight of the law will be applied against any corps member who mortgages his or her conscience by colluding with politicians who may want to lure them into tarnishing the good image of the scheme with financial and material inducements.”

He said the NYSC had signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure hitch-free and successful general elections.