Insecurity: NYSC Staggers Orientation Programme for North-east Corps Members

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  Camp opens May 5
Adebiyi Adedapo in Abuja

The national secretariat of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced that the nationwide orientation course for the 2015 Batch ‘A’ corps members will commence on Tuesday,  May 5.

It added that the orientation programme for stream II of the same batch is expected to commence on  June 2.

To this end, corps members deployed to states in the North-eastern part of the country, apart from Taraba State, would have their orientation programme scheduled for stream II due to security reasons.

This category of corps members would also undergo their orientation programmes outside their states of deployment.

According to the schedule released by the NYSC management yesterday in Abuja, corps members deployed to Yobe State would observe their orientation programme in Kano State NYSC orientation camp, corps members for Gombe State would proceed to Jigawa State for their orientation, while corps members posted to Bauchi State are expected to undergo their orientation at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in  Plateau State.

Also, corps members posted to Borno State are scheduled to have their orientation in Nasarawa State while Adamawa State corps members have been directed to Taraba State for their orientation programme.

According to the schedule, “Registration commences on May 5 and closes by 12:00 midnight of Wednesday, May 6. Official closing ceremony for the orientation programme is scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 25.  However, corps members deployed to Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe States will be hosted in stream II and their orientation will commence on June 2, 2015 and closes by Monday, June 22.”

Meanwhile, Akwa Ibom, Benue, Delta, Kaduna, Lagos, Niger, Ogun States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would also host stream II of  the 2015 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course.

NYSC management staff who wants to be anonymous, explained: “Corps members deployed to Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe States will be hosted in stream II obviously for security reasons, but those scheduled for stream II in others states is because of our facilities. We have too many corps members and our facilities would be overstretched if they are all allowed in the camp at the same time.”