Friday 6 June 2014
The Reason why govt cancelled passing parade: NYSC open up
There was no passing-out parade ceremony for
the Batch B 2013/2014 corps members across
Nigeria due to recent security challenges in the
country. The traditional parade was supposed
to hold on Thursday, June 5 but was cancelled
by the Nigerian government. The parade is
usually the last official function of the
graduates as corps members before they are
issued with their discharge certificates.
One of the corps members affected, Franka
Onuche, who served in Rivers State, expressed
her disappointment to newsmen. “I must tell
you I’m not happy. I’m disappointed that I was
not able to witness the parade here in Port
Harcourt. We were told that we could not do it
because of the security challenges the country
is facing right now. But I think the federal
government should have provided enough
security for corps member all over the nation
since they know it’s our day and its once in a
year for each batch,” she said.
Another corps member, Grace Ejioda, who
served in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,
however, deemed the cancellation a great idea
considering the Boko Haram insurgency in the
Northeast. “The Federal Government has done
well by asking us not do the usual passing out
parade. With this whole Boko Haram issue
going on around the country now, one has to
be very careful because we never know when
they will strike again. Now, it’s not as if they
have a target, it’s usually where there is a
crowd. We really need to try as much as
possible to avoid crowds,” she said.
The National Youth Service Corps Public
Relation Officer, Bose Aderibige, also
confirmed that the security situation caused an
alteration of the passing out program. “It
(whole passing out program) was not
cancelled. It was all done on a low key. The
ceremony was held, awards were given,” she
said. “But there was no parade because we did
not want them to be gathered in one place
because of the security challenges in the
nation. It’s only the parade that was
cancelled.”
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