THE PRESIDENT of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has announced a cash compensation of N5 million for each of the families of the 10 slain members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and has also directed them to forward the name of one unemployed sibling of the deceased for immediate employment in the Federal Civil Service.
Speaking in a solemn ceremony, where he met the families in the Aso Chambers of the Presidential Villa on Tuesday, he said the corps members, killed in Bauchi State in the aftermath of the announcement of the outcome of the last presidential election, would not die in vain and vowed that those involved in their killing would be brought to book.
Jonathan, who will today inaugurate the 20-man Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the pre-election and post-election violence, observed that the death of the NYSC members was more painful, coming while they were on an important national assignment.
According to the president, “My heart, and indeed the hearts of all Nigerians go out to you all, as you reconcile yourselves to the reality of the shock and the pain of losing vibrant young men and women of great promise and hopes of a fulfilling future ahead of them. We all share in your grief.
“This tragedy is even more sobering, considering that they died carrying out a national assignment that has served to effectively consolidate our democratic process. The success of the 2011 elections and the wide international acclaim which the exercise has received was due in large part to the uncommon patriotism and diligence exhibited by the members of the National Youth Service Corps,” he said.
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