A Nigerian Governor, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has disclosed that by available statistics, the country needs a minimum of 200,000 personnel to boost the fighting power of the military.
The governor while making this disclosure on Tuesday in Ibadan, advised the federal government on how to recruit a large number of people to join the police and the military, even on a short service or otherwise.
Governor Fayemi further advised that a cost-effective and quick way to achieve the recruitment drive is to reform the National Youths Service Corps -NYSC and encourage willing corps members to join hands in the fight against insecurity.
He also advised that the existing orientation camps be used to train willing and able graduates to reflate the security personnel under a special arrangement that will be worked out and added that the fund that is currently deployed to the NYSC can be used with just some additional funding, which could be sourced through a national emergency fund for the next five to ten years.
According to the governor he said, that those that volunteer to serve should be incentivized by giving them a separate certificate and medal of honour in addition to having priority for military, paramilitary and civil or public service recruitment after service.
The Ekiti State Governor however said that those that will not willingly join the military services can serve in their community without pay if the NYSC scheme must be retained.
The Governor rounded up by saying that ungoverned spaces need to be closed up quickly by motivated men with the singular objective to save the nation.
