The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, has said corps members are not exempt from Nigeria’s cyberbullying and social media laws during their mandatory national service year. He emphasised that they remain subject to constitutional provisions and laws regulating online conduct.
Nafiu said this during an interview programme with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja, explaining that allegations of cyberbullying against corps members would be investigated and handled by relevant law enforcement agencies in accordance with the law, regardless of their status as serving corps members.
He added that the NYSC was not mandated to provide legal representation for corps members involved in criminal or civil matters arising from social media activities, stressing that the fact that they are corps members does not absolve them from being citizens bound by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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The NYSC Director General said the scheme had intensified sensitisation campaigns to educate corps members on responsible use of social media and digital communication platforms amid growing concerns over cyberbullying and online misconduct. He noted that the NYSC had adjusted its communication strategies to reflect changing realities among younger Nigerians, adding that by the end of the year, the scheme will be mobilising only Generation Z graduates, and the scheme understands the environment in which it operates.
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