Over 120 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) across six states could not join their colleagues who passed out from the scheme.
However, the over 120 members had their service year extended for various offences.
Some of the affected corps members are to repeat the entire year for absconding from service while others will stay back for periods ranging from two weeks to three months, truancy and other offences.
Those repeating the scheme include 23 in Lagos, 19 in Delta, 13 in Ondo, 10 in Ogun and another 10 in Osun.
The Ondo State NYSC Coordinator, Grace Akpabio, at the passing out parade for the corps members in Akure said the corps members were sanctioned for breaching the scheme’s rules and regulations.
She said 2,088 corps members completed the scheme in the state, with three of them receiving state awards for outstanding performance.
Mrs. Akpabio charged the members who have successfully completed the scheme to be creative so as to be self-employed in the face of the economic realities.
“Permit me to stress that gone are the days of being expectant of a life-time job immediately after service,” she said.
‘‘It is deception of oneself if you think along that line, it is better for you to brace up and think of what you can do yourself.
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