Are you thinking of going to Nigeria to participate in the NYSC scheme?

Do you have a lot of questions about what to expect?

You are not alone! A book has been written for you, titled 'The Foreign Otondo: Your NYSC Survival Guide.' 'Otondo' is a word Nigerians use to describe clueless 'Corpers.'

Over the last five years, the number of graduates returning to Nigeria to participate in the NYSC scheme has increased sharply, but there isn't enough information for graduates abroad who are planning to go to Nigeria for NYSC.
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The author has used their own experience and others' to put this book together so that you can use it as a checklist to help you prepare and survive, should you choose to participate. We hope it amuses you every now and then. Get yourself a copy on Ebay or www.otondoguide.com and don't forget to order for your friends and family members who are considering going to Nigeria for the programme or just curious about Corpers' experiences.
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​Praise for the Book:
"An appropriate alternative title for this Guide would be: What Google won't teach you about NYSC. Kemi Ogunniyi has done a great job putting this together, to help intending returnees beat a smoother path through the NYSC Jungle; overgrown as it is with bugles, bunk beds, bureaucracy, and bottom-of-the-food-chain wages. It's not for nothing that NYSC has come to mean Now Your Suffering Continues. Armed with The Foreign Otondo, at least you can prepare for that suffering. Believe me - that preparation will make all the difference in the world.
Even home-grown Otondos (I was one) will find it very useful."
Tolu Ogunlesi, Journalist and winner of CNN Multichoice African Journalism Prize, 2009

"The book conveys the NYSC Experience from an exceptionally intelligent and entertaining point of view. It's a candid exposition of the National Youth Service programme experience."
Dayo Israel, Special Representative to the United Nations

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