I got this on a whatsapp group and thought my dear blog readers should hear about this first. This information would be handy for those about to embark on the National youth service. See the information after the cut.
" *NYSC Special ANNOUNCEMENT!​*
Good afternoon house members, dis information is 4 all d awaiting corps.
you will be asked to choose the state of your choice, but it must be a state outside your geopolitical zone. So you can check out this for you to know where you can serve and where you are free to choose. If your own state fall under southeast, it means you cant serve in southeast. this will guide you on what to do........
SOUTH EAST-5​ States =(Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi , Enugu, Imo).
SOUTH SOUTH- 6​ States=(Akwa-ibom, bayelsa, cross river, delta, edo,rivers).
SOUTH WEST- 6​ States=(Ekiti, lagos, ogun, ondo, osun, oyo).
NORTH EAST- 6​ States=(Adamawa, bauchi, borno, gombe, taraba, yobe).
NORTH WEST- 7​ States=(Jigawa, kaduna, kano, katsina, kebbi, sokoto, zamfara).
NORTH CENTRAL- 6​ States=(Benue, kogi, kwara, nassarawa, niger, plateau).
NOTE:​ feasibility study shows that there shall be 7 geopolitical zones, which lagos shall be referred as one, but abuja shall be under north central zone.1​. Prepare Your Mind:
First and foremost, you need to prepare your mind that you uare leaving home for a regimented life in the camp. Life in the camp is deliberately made stressful so as to prepare you for any challenge that may confront you outside the camp.
You will not find it too comfortable, It’s a camp and not your Father’s house! Just be ready for anything.
2.​ Itemize All Your Needs Using A Scale Of Preference
(very important ones first):
1. Very Important Ones
a. Statement of Result
b. School ID Card
c. Passport photographs (30 copies, Surplus is better than
inadequacy)
d. Call-Up Letter (DO NOT laminate it please)
e. A Clear Bag file (To house the above items)
NB: Get 10 photocopies each of items A,B, and D above.
The copies may be surplus.
2. Important Ones (For your Convenience)
a. Stapler, pin and office gum (will save you the stress of
‘borrow-me’)
b. Two or three white T-shirts and shorts (You will be
given two sets but you may not like the quality)
c. Two or three pairs of socks and a white rubber tennis
shoes (for rainy days)
d. Bathroom slippers and Dettol
f. Two plastic buckets (You can buy it in the camp but it
will be more expensive) and a permanent marker
g. Sponge and its case, bath-soap and detergent
h. Bedsheet, towel and wrapper and two pairs of casual
wear
i. Mosquito Net (not compulsory)
j. Handkerchiefs (very important especially for those that
sweat)
k. Waist bag (very very important for housing your phones,
ID Cards, Handkerchief, biros, etc)
l. Novels
m. Small-sized Torchlight/Rechargeable lamp (small one
please)
n. Your ATM card(s)
o. Cooler cup and spoon
p. Phone and charger
q. Beverages
r. Ladies could add any other few conveniences. I believe
you understand me
s. Money! Money! Money! Hold good cash please
depending on how you spend
3. Go Early:
Please, no matter how close the camp might be to your
street, enable to go early. If you are posted to a far state,
go the day before the camp opens. They will allow you in.
Going late will make you go through registration stress. Be
warned!
4. Screening:
The screening starts at the gate, where your loads are
open and thoroughly search. They don’t want you to bring
in prohibited items like iron, knives, bombs, etc.
5. Registration:
The first registration will certainly be for hostel/bedspace,
where you;ll be given tags to identify with. Then the paper
registrations proper follows. try as much as possible to
make everything available. Look out for information
pasted on walls. Follow instructions strictly.
6. Your Kits:
During the registration, you will get all your kits (shirts,
shorts and shoes). Use the marker to write your Code
Number (CN) on them ‘sharp-sharp” You will also be
given a tag that will show your CN. That will be your ID
Card temporarily. You take it everywhere in camp. You will
be given a meal ticket. Misplace it and forget about NYSC
food.
7. Duration:
You will be in the camp for 20 full days. The 21st day is
the day you will be leaving the camp.
8. No Room For Casual Wears:
Immediately you have your kits, only your T-shirt and
shorts with the tennis shoe are allowed on you. No room
for casual wears. Parade/marching training starts
immediately. The soldiers will not give you breathing
space at all. You will have the first one that same Day
One. Watch Out! people could be fainting on the Parade
Ground. You won’t faint, calm down… So eat well. It’s the
stress that causes their fainting.
9. Morning Regimented Programme:
A small trumpet wakes you at 4am. Everybody gathers at
the Parade Ground (PG) at 4:30am. You have your praise,
worship and prayer the Christian and Muslim ways. After
the morning admonitions, by 7am, breakfast follows! After
eating, you will be called out again for the series of
programmes lined up for you. Then you have your lunch.
Rest a little and you are out again for evening parade.
Then later your dinner. This will repeat itself everyday
perhaps except on Sunday.
10. Hate The Food And Feed Yourselves At Your Costs:
You may not like the food. You can always go to the
Mammy Market (MM) i.e the Camp Market to fill your
‘tank’ with delicacies at your cost.
11. Stealing:
Stealing is prevalently prevailing at the Camp. This is
‘legalised’. They can steal anything. Be wise.
12. Soldiers:
Please i beckon on you all to respect and obey them.
although they are not permitted to beat you, however, they
can punish you. No walking, its all jogging when they call
you. Don’t prostrate or kneel down greeting a soldier. Do it
the soldier way. They could be friendly anyway.
13. Allawe:
Your first allowance (#19, 800) will be given to you in the
camp, and it will be in cash. All other ones will be through
the bank. You will also get Bicycle Allowance.
14. Photography:
Photographers are going to be everywhere ready to snap
you, please be prudent in spending.
15. By Now Your Done With Camp And Going To Your
Place Of Primary Assignment:
You will be posted from the camp to where you will work.
The place you work in is called your Place of Primary
Assignment (PPA).
Hear this: most Corps members, I mean about 90% of the
Corpers will be posted to schools (especially primary and
secondary schools). Only VERY FEW will be posted to the
universities, polytechnics and Colleges. Please! Don’t
lobby for your posting. Don’t pay anybody for assistance.
Pray rather than pay. Gone are the days when Corps
Members are posted to Banks and Co. Receive the
shocking or expected postings as you receive your letters
with joy. It’s a clarion call to service; that’s what dey call
it.
16. Transportation Out Of Camp:
When you get your Posting Letter, the first place to go to
is your PPA. If you are identified with the Fellowship in
camp, you may first report at the temporary lodge they will
provide.
Then you could report at your PPA later same day or the
following day. Please, when you leave the camp, home-
sweet-home will be on your mind, having been used up in
the camp. But please, don’t go home straight.
Please! Very few of your employers (i.e. PPAs) will send
down vehicles to convey you from the camp to their
workplaces.
Private and some Govt higher education institutions do.
The Fellowship too make arrangement for you at your
cost. Commercial transporters will likely be
available at the gate too. Be wise.
17. Accommodation At PPA:
You don’t know anybody in Benue or Kogi! Where will you
sleep on the first day? The Fellowship may give you a
temporary accommodation pending the time you will have
to get yours. You could be lucky if your employer gives
you a room. Many of them don’t give Corpers
accommodation anyway. So be prepared to rent one at
your cost. Your first ‘allowee’ which you received in the
camp is already going down!
18. Clearance:
This is why you don’t have to go home straight. Your
registration (clearance) at the NYSC Office in the Local
Govt you will be posted to is important. Failure to
complete it before going home is the beginning of your
problem.
He may begin to have problems with his subsequent
monthly allowances. Do all registrations first. Then you
can take permission to go home. Long process! You will
know why it’s so. Well, I hope these few tips will go a long
way to help you.
In order to ensure a seamless registration process, printing
of call-up letters and so on, prospective cor[truncated by WhatsApp] "
All the best to prospective corps members.

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