After many months of skeletal services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed a total of 650 prospective Corps Members to Kaduna State. The NYSC 2020 Batch B Stream A orientation course is scheduled to hold nationwide from November 10 to November 30. Ms Ajetunmobi Abimbola, the Assistant Chief Information Officer of the corps in Kaduna State, said in a statement that swearing in for thebatch would take place on November 16 at 9.30 a.m. According to her, the 650 prospective corps members are…
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Those who stole NYSC uniforms risk 3-yr jail term D-G
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says anyone caught unlawfully in possession of its uniforms will face a three-year jail term. The Director-General of the scheme, Shuaibu Ibrahim, spoke recently, while reacting to the recent mob attack on its Abuja orientation camp. There were reports of how a mob invaded the NYSC camp on Tuesday, and carted away items including mattresses and foodstuffs amid the unrests trailing the #EndSARS protest. The NYSC D-G condemned the incident, wondering why the attackers would invade the camp, which is not known for housing…
Read MoreNYSC boss says 3-year jail term awaits anyone unlawfully in possession of uniforms
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim says anyone caught unlawfully with NYSC uniforms will face a three-year jail term. Ibrahim said this after hoodlums invaded the NYSC orientation camp in Kubwa, Abuja. Hoodlums on Tuesday carted away mattresses, food items and other materials meant for corps members. He said that the youth claimed to be searching for palliatives. We dont have palliatives in the camps, we are preparing for our orientation. Imagine, the youth went away with our uniforms. I want to appeal to Nigerian youth…
Read MoreNYSC reopens orientation camps
The Federal Government has announced the re-opening of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camps across the country. The announcement was made on Thursday by the Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare. The orientation camps are scheduled for reopening on November 10. The Resumption of the NYSC Orientation Camp for prospective Youth Corpers has been approved and opens on November 10th, 2020. Full COVID-19 Protocols will be enforced, Dare posted on his official Twitter handle. The Federal Government on March 18 ordered the closure of the NYSC orientation camps nationwide…
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