Why We Stopped Call-Up Of Pregnant Women, Nursing Mothers For NYSC – DG

Brig-Gen-Johnson-Bamidele-OlawumiDirector-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, Tuesday gave further insight into last week’s decision by the Corps to ban pregnant women and nursing mothers from enlisting for service, saying it was to make the scheme more effective.

He made this known while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State, during inspection of facilities at the Nigerian Army School of Education (NASE), Sobi Barack ahead of the NYSC staff promotion examination.

As part of the visit, Olawunmi paid a courtesy call on the Commander of the 22 Armoured Brigade in Sobi, Brig-Gen. Ali Nani as well as the Commander of NASE, Brig-Gen. Lawal Abdullahi.

Addressing journalists after the inspection, the DG said the service would immediately begin implementation of the ban to stop a situation where “the NYSC would be managing pregnant women and nursing mothers”.

He, however, stressed that NYSC had not banned pregnant women and nursing mothers from the scheme but that they could only be called up after delivery.

Olawumi also tasked state governments to improve their support for the service, noting that the intervention from governors are on the decline.