The DG directed that the NYSC flag be flown at half mast for three days, in honour of the departed Corps members.
, Shuaibu Ibrahim, on Thursday, in Uyo, commiserated with the families of five corps members who died on Abuja-Abaji highway on Wednesday.
The Corps members, who were indigenes of Akwa Ibom and graduated from the University of Uyo, lost their lives in the road crash on their way to the NYSC orientation camp in Katsina State. Mr Ibrahim, a brigadier general, also directed that the NYSC flag be flown at half mast for three days, in honour of the departed corps members.
The DG said the news of the fatal road accident was a devastating blow to the entire NYSC family, and prayed God to grant the families of the deceased the fortitude to bear the loss.. We woke up with the sad news that five of our corps members lost their lives along Abuja-Abaji-Kwali expressway.“We are completely devastated and diminished, because as parents we know what it takes to train a child to this level.
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