Concerned about the security situation for the corps members, the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Tuesday charged traditional rulers and security agencies in the state to protect the lives and property of corps members serving in Kwara.

Ahmed gave the charge at the NYSC orientation camp at Yipakta in Edu Local Government Council of the state during the closing ceremony of the orientation course for the 2012 Batch 'C' corps members.

The governor, who was represented at the occasion by the state Head of Service, Alhaji Mohammed Dabarako, said the responsibility of protecting the corps members should be a collective one and not left for government alone to shoulder.

He however said that concrete measures had been put in place by the government to provide the members with security in all parts of the state. He assured the corps members that his administration would create the enabling environment for them to apply the skills and expertise acquired during the orientation exercise.

Earlier, the state Coordinator of the NYSC, Mrs. Ngozi Ezekwe, advised the corps members to be security conscious, asking them to avoid travelling without permission, dressing decently and not to live or move alone.

Ezekwe said that the management of the NYSC had resolved to reinvigorate the Community Development Service (CDS) programme and charged the corps members to get involved in more creative, challenging and concrete development projects aimed at nation building in communities they would be serving.

She added: "Reflect on all you have been taught on skills acquisition and work towards being employers of labour rather than being job seekers right from now."