Senate orders probe into corps member’s death at Enugu NYSC camp

The Senate on Thursday ordered an investigation into the death of a corps member, Comrade Etimbuk Daniel, at the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, orientation camp in Enugu State.

The decision adopted a movement of pressing public significance moved by Senator Aniekan Bassey (APC, Akwa Ibom North-East), who mentioned the Senate acquired information of Daniel’s death with shock.

He described the deceased as a former Students’ Union Government president of Akwa Ibom State University who had launched into nationwide service.

Bassey mentioned studies indicated that Daniel died from issues arising from a minor headache after allegedly experiencing delays in receiving ample medical consideration at the camp clinic.

He mentioned the incident raised critical issues about medical companies in NYSC camps, together with the provision of certified personnel, purposeful services and emergency referral programs.

The senator careworn that the federal government had a constitutional responsibility to guard residents’ welfare, including that graduates mobilised for nationwide service deserved ample medical care.

He mentioned Daniel’s death had thrown his household, the college group and Akwa Ibom State into mourning.

Seconding the movement, Senator Tahir Monguno (APC, Borno North) referred to as for a radical investigation to ascertain the information and guarantee accountability.

Adopting the movement, the Senate directed its committees on Police, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Youth Development, and Health, alongside the police and the Department of State Services (DSS), to research whether or not negligence contributed to the death.

Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin, who presided over the session, thanked Bassey for elevating the matter and urged the committees to conduct a radical investigation.