22 corps members of the 2018 Batch B Stream ll posted to Kano state have been directed to repeat their service year. This was disclosed by the Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Kano, Ladan Baba, on Thursday in Kano. He stated that the corps members were found guilty of abandoning their places of primary assignment (PPA) for at least three consecutive months or beyond, aside from other serious offences.

According to him, 18 out of the batch are to serve an extension of service, ranging from three weeks to four months.

“A total of 1,718, of the 2018 Batch B, Stream 2 corps members passed out from Kano today in a low key winding up passing out organised in the four zonal offices in Wudil, Bichi, Kura and at the NYSC Secretariat in the city,” he said.

Baba commended the outgoing corps members for their contributions to the development of the state, especially in the area of education, health, agriculture, rural infrastructure and the recently concluded general elections. He advised the corps members to continue to practice the Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Training embarked on during their service year.