The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed the death of two corps members in a motor accident.
The Victims identified as Giveth Nzubechukwu Okwuowulu and Ada, both from Anambra, lost their lives when the vehicle they were travelling veered off a bridge and plunged into a river.
The Accident happened at the boundary between Ugbawka and Nara in Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, while on their way to Calabar from Onitsha for their primary assignment.
The Coordinator of NYSC in Cross River State, Andrew Zemoh, who confirmed the incident on Thursday, June 8, 2023, clarified that only two members of the corps died in the crash, contrary to reports making the round on social media.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, Zemoh said the parents and other officials have since evacuated the bodies and deposited in a mortuary.
Giveth Okwuowulu, 25, will be laid to rest on June 14, 2023, in her hometown, Otolo Nnewi, in Nnewi Local Government Area.
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I have advised that NYSC be scrapped because it is a useless program, Youths are being sacrificed to renew the slavery called Nigeria, there is no benefit to it, it is a Mockery. a country where you serve and will still not get a Job. stop NYSC NOW. it is a worthless venture , that will save a lot of these people dying on a road that government abandoned for Years. How do you console the parents of these ones who were happy to be posted but never got there and never returned ?