We pay millions to accommodate, convey corpers to work daily – Council official reveals

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John Ogar, Head of Finance for Etung Local Government Area in Cross River State, has revealed that the council spends several millions of naira annually on accommodation and transportation for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the area for their compulsory one-year assignment.

Ogar made this known in response to comments made on social media by Anthony Bissong Attah, the Cross River State Chairman of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), who argued that building a Corpers’ Lodge at this time was an ill-timed and unnecessary project.

Attah said, “This so-called corpers’ lodge is for what exactly? What’s the exact assignment of these corpers?

“Why can’t you reassign the corps members to schools or other PPAs where their services are most needed if it’s stressful to accommodate them?

“Over 70 percent of local government staff are redundant, reducing the entire council to a gossip mill and siesta arena.

“The truth of the matter is that we all know that over 90 percent of these corpers are as disposable to the council as most of the statutory staff. That’s why local government councils are often referred to as ‘Ministry of No Work.’”

Ogar retorted, explaining, “It will interest you to know that the corpers’ lodge is not a misplaced priority. Council pays several millions of naira to a private individual, and sometimes we’re dragged to court for nonpayment for a property housing corpers.

“The lodge is for those sent directly to the council. Their colleagues who are sent to schools and elsewhere are taken care of by their respective PPAs, so is it the ones that have been sent to us that we won’t be interested in their comfort?”

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Attah said, “This so-called corpers’ lodge is for what exactly? What’s the exact assignment of these corpers?

“Why can’t you reassign the corps members to schools or other PPAs where their services are most needed if it’s stressful to accommodate them?

“Over 70 percent of local government staff are redundant, reducing the entire council to a gossip mill and siesta arena.

“The truth of the matter is that we all know that over 90 percent of these corpers are as disposable to the council as most of the statutory staff. That’s why local government councils are often referred to as ‘Ministry of No Work.’”

Ogar retorted, explaining, “It will interest you to know that the corpers’ lodge is not a misplaced priority. Council pays several millions of naira to a private individual, and sometimes we’re dragged to court for nonpayment for a property housing corpers.

“The lodge is for those sent directly to the council. Their colleagues who are sent to schools and elsewhere are taken care of by their respective PPAs, so is it the ones that have been sent to us that we won’t be interested in their comfort?”

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