{"id":25466,"date":"2018-08-06T15:38:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T14:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=25466"},"modified":"2018-08-06T22:15:53","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T21:15:53","slug":"95-of-nysc-members-death-caused-by-road-accident-dg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/95-of-nysc-members-death-caused-by-road-accident-dg\/","title":{"rendered":"95% Of NYSC Members&#8217; Death Caused By Road Accident&#8211;DG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Youth Service Corp says 95 per cent of deaths recorded by serving Corps members is due to road accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director General of NYSC, said this while addressing corps members observing their orientation camp course in Katsina on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral serving corps members have been embarking on unnecessary journeys that led to their death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the records before the Directorate, several corps members have lost their lives, while on fruitless journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral serving corps members had been involved in road accidents due to the poor nature of Nigerian roads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor several years, Nigerian roads are death traps and corps members should only embark on necessary journeys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calling on serving corps members that have concrete reason to travel to always seek the permission of NYSC officials,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Kazaure called on serving corps members to always patronise government hospitals if they were sick.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Katsina State NYSC Coordinator, Hajiya Ramatu Sanda, had called on the NYSC management to provide more vehicles to Katsina State office.<\/p>\n<p>Sanda said that so far, 2, 076 corps members had registered for their orientation in the state and advised them to participate activity in all the orientation programmes.<\/p>\n<p>She commended the Katsina Government for proving lots of assistance to the state NYSC.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Youth Service Corp says 95 per cent of deaths recorded by serving Corps members is due to road accidents. 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