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About 200 corps
members of Ondo State origin who were evacuated from some northern
states arrived Akure yesterday. The corps members who converged in
Bauchi State before they were moved to Akure, were received at the
government house by the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko.

“Government must do
something for them,” he said. “Those who have completed their
programme, we will give them jobs. During the Jos crisis, we did
similar thing, they have been asked to come back on Thursday to address
their complaints.” Mr Mimiko urged indigenes of Ondo State not to allow
the incident to douse their sense of patriotism and remain committed to
fostering national unity and development.

“Every country
goes through her own difficult times, but I still encourage you to
still appreciate the fact that Nigeria is a wonderful country, a great
nation. Our manifest destiny is that Nigeria will be a leader of
nations,” Mr Mimiko said.

United Nigeria

While commending
President Goodluck Jonathan for the matured way in which he had been
handling the crisis, Mr Mimiko said, “no matter how insurmountable the
situation had been in the past, Nigeria had always come out more united
and strong and I believe this will not be an exception.” Fisayo
Ogunmola, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, commended the state
government for its prompt response to the situation, a development
which he noted had further re-invigorated their confidence in the
government’s concern for the welfare of its citizens.

“We want to
appreciate the government’s quick response to our plight and the
demonstration of its caring heart posture which had saved our future as
the country’s leaders,” he said.

The state government, according to Ogunmola, provided logistic support for their movement to their various destinations.

Ogun State

Similarly, in
Abeokuta, state officials also received some 150 youth corps members
brought back to the state in two luxurious buses and taken to the
Moshood Abiola Stadium, before they later left to their various homes.

The Ogun State
Commissioner for Environment, Olukoya Adeleke-Adedoyin, who led an
earlier rescue mission during the crisis in Plateau State said the
state government will accommodate those who do not want to go back to
their station.

“The government must have a rethink about this NYSC scheme. People
who come from the North that are serving here, we don’t harm or kill
them. The journey was very terrible. No food, no water, nothing to eat,
they really suffered a lot.” He said.