Insecurity: NYSC Members Must Be Trained To Handle Guns — Gov Ishaku

The governor of Taraba state, Darius Ishaku, has highlighted the need for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to be trained in handling guns.

The governor who spoke on Wednesday during his appearance on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by GWG also suggested that the Corps members service year should be extended to two years.

According to Ishaku, the governor of one of the states affected by insurgency in the nation; “When the security can’t protect you, then something in the alternative must come in, we must be practical. Train people, give them practical induction, let them know what to do”.

Recommending the extension of the NYSC programme duration, Governor Ishaku said; “The NYSC I will say should be two years.

“One year for compulsory military training and the other year for the social works that they are doing now so that anybody who graduates as an NYSC person can know how to handle the gun and defend himself just as it is done in Israel, Lebanon and other places, you must engage your citizens to be proactive.

“When you cannot provide security, you must allow the people to protect themselves.”

Governor Ishaku also challenged the federal government on its handling of insecurity. He noted; “There are sponsors, these are brand new AK-47s.

“How would a local man buy such an expensive weapon? It is in a video and all over the place where someone confessed that the guns were being given to them and they were being trained on how to use them. It is the work of the security agents to get to the roots of this”.

He queried why the FG who can extradite someone like Nnamdi Kanu from abroad was unable to defend Nigerians.

“If they can go out of this country and capture somebody who is declaring independence, why is it impossible for them to defend our people who are being killed in the farms?” Ishaku asked.

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