The Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku, has proposed that the members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) should be allowed to undergo military training to know how to handle guns for self-defence. Also, the governor said the one-year duration of the scheme should be extended to two years to allow sufficient training for the graduates. Ishaku stated this on Wednesday night when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme. The governor, whose state is one of the hotbeds of insurgency in the North-East region, emphasised that citizens should be allowed to bear arms and defend themselves against their aggressors.j He said, “When the security can’t protect you, then something in the alternative must come in, we must be practical. Train people, give them practical induction, let them know what to do. “The NYSC I will say should be two years. One year for compulsory military training and the other year for the social works that they are doing now so that anybody who graduates as an NYSC person can know how to handle the gun and defend himself just as it is done in Israel, Lebanon, and other places, you must engage your citizens to be proactive. When you cannot provide security, you must allow the people to protect themselves.”