Yemisi Izuora.
The National Youth Service Corps says about 8,000 corps members presently serving in Anambra State will be available for the conduct of the forthcoming governorship election.
Ebenezer Olawale, the NYSC Coordinator in the state, said the data of corps members in the state had been transmitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission for planning ahead of the November 18 election.
He said more corps members would be moblilised from neighbouring states in case of shortfall .
He said: “It is no longer news that the NYSC is partnering with INEC in the conduct of credible, fair and good elections, Anambra’s case is not different.
“My office and that of the Resident Electoral Commission have been working assiduously to ensure that corps members participate fully in the exercise.
“As we all know, corps members are supposed to be non-partisan, they are not from this state, so we expect them to be fair and they are evenly distributed across the state.
“We have no fewer than 10,000 corps members in this state but assuming that not all of them will be interested in taking part in the election, we have 8,000 available for this purpose.