CNPP Accuses NYSC Of Extortion, Urges Students To Protest The N4,000 Charge

The Chairman of the Conference of
Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in
Bayelsa State, Lucky Akpeli, today said
the N4,000 charged prospective corps
members by the authorities of the National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to obtain call-
up letters is "outright extortion."
The Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian
Political Parties (CNPP) in Bayelsa State,
Lucky Akpeli, today said the N4,000
charged prospective corps members by the
authorities of the National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC) to obtain call-up letters is "outright
extortion."

NYSC
Akpeli said the collection of money from hapless
Nigerian graduates to serve their father land was
uncalled for, and called on the NYSC to reverse
the decision as it was unpopular and inimical to
the well-being of the country. "Any Federal
Government agency that collects N4,000 from
Nigerian youth to serve their father land is
unpatriotic," he said. "The Federal Government
should as a matter of fact reverse the decision."
He said no agency of the Federal Government,
including the NYSC, should take advantage of
citizens, and said he would not be surprised if
Nigerian students took to the streets to resist
the decision.
"It is likely that Nigerian students will resist it,"
he furthered. "In fact, I am calling on Nigerian
students to stand up against this kind of
decision."