Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has asked the army to help secure members assigned to the 2027 general election, with the request focused on protecting temporary personnel supporting Nigeria’s electoral commission, BusinessDay reported.
Lagos receives 45,000 to 48,000 corps members each year, about 20% of the national corps population, NYSC Director-General Olakunle Nafiu said, according to the report. NYSC also places members across every local council in Lagos and Ogun. The members would help the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conduct the election, Nafiu said. He said security conditions prevent deployments to some local areas in other states.
BusinessDay reported that Nafiu raised the request during a visit to the Nigerian Army’s 81 Division, led by General Officer Commanding (GOC) Major General Adebayo Babalola. Nafiu credited the security environment in Lagos and Ogun to the work of the military and other security agencies, citing their professionalism and experience.
Babalola said the division would continue working with the NYSC and make corps members’ safety a priority, the report said.
