Is Port Harcourt A Good Place To Do My Nysc?

although i haven't done it but planning to do it when am done skool next year, do it if it is sumthing u really wanna do. Port Harcourt is a nice city to do it in, let others who live in nigeria or have done it, tell you more, Good luck

If you are posted in the city center for your primary assignment, all well and good. But if they take you to a remote village, you'll not find it funny. When I served (4 yrs ago), there was no problem but now there are crises almost in every part of the state especially in the villages where they resent non-indigenes so much (Its not their fault). So, the safest place for now is to stay within PH city. The creeks and villages are boiling. If you can't guarantee your doing it in PH city then go to Abuja, Enugu, Imo or Abia. Don't try Lagos you can't cope for now.

The camp is the same everywhere, not in infrastructure though but in experience and life generally. Whatever you see in any camp is part of the fun. Just make the most of it.

@ada
I served in Port Harcout last year and i decided to stay. Took a job here instead of lagos or Ibadan. I guess i love the place.
When u come around buzz me and i ll show u the ropes

how is that possible schooling outside of Nigeria and doing NYSC

I think i wud advice you to serve in lagos.am a corper right now and my friends in port harcourt are complaining of some many things like everything is expensive and light.so i wud advice you to serve in lagos. its better here.take care and all the best

p.h is a cool place, there's competition enough money and pollution too lol

Why are you given the option to choose the state to serve? Does it apply to all corpers or only graduates of foreign universities?

Most foreign graduates will obviously choose major cities in Nigeria. This is contrary to the goals of NYSC. You should be ready to serve anywhere you're posted except you can show compelling reasons that you cannot. Of course familiarity isn't one of them, cause one of the goals of NYSC is to get Nigerians familiar with different parts of the country.

@ada2000

hey girl if you want to come and serve in PHC there's nothing wrong with the place, you can come around do your thing, aint nobody is stoping ya. Port Harcourt is every other place where you have the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, a londoner can cope very well in PHC.

@XKape

So you served in PH and stayed, what did you like about PH so much to make you stay on??

@seun

what do you mean by too hot,,are you talking about  the sun or what??? and who is been kidnapped, your comments is kind of puttin me off now going there,, please explain more

Served in Rivers state,finished just few months ago.
Guyz pls note that PHC is just a LGA in Rivers State,and u might not be lucky enuff to choose after 3wks orientation where u will spend the rest of the period,served in a village and i thoroghly enjoyed myself ; that was at Tai lga(ogoni land),though i cant say the same NOW because of the present situation of the place whether ada wld enjoy her stay,especially with the poor state of camp facilities that wld have put off an ajebo 4rm overseas like ada
Pls get posted to any of the villages and your life will not remain the same again HALLELLUYAH

@ada2000

Sorry i didnt see your question earlier

PH is a new environment for me and i like new things.
Secondly, contrary to what people may say about militants and all, PH is more peaceful and laid - back than lagos. U dont need to hustle around like a headless chicken cos u want to live.
All the violence and militancy dont really affect the average person, they mostly occur at the oil locations. There are also a lot of cult killing and so but i wont say they are more than other places and they are mostly localised to some parts of PH, mostly "town" All major cities in the world have thier own "down-town " areas.
Generally, ph is peacefull and u dont have to look over your shoulder for pickpockets and dupers and hypnotists and ritualists like u would in Lagos
Besides if u get into the right places, u can make truckloads of money in Ph

Portharcourt is alright in my opinion. Although it may have its peculiar problems just like any city in Nigeria, congestion, traffic hold ups etc. But I believe those are part of the stuff that makes NYSC an experience and you will be serving with a lot of young nigerians coming from different parts of the country who have various backgrounds, cultures, experiences etc so it should be a challenging and fun ride. Just like some posters mentioned you should not come with the expectation of having an Alice in Wonderland life style.

I worked in Shell Portharcourt for about 6 years before relocating to UK and I enjoyed it. I am from the Northern part of the country, but I made it my home learnt new things, learned to cook the local food, visit some of the villages, learnt about the culture of the peope and respected their culture and mode of life. I still believe Corpers are given due regard by the communities they are posted to.

When I did my NYSC I was posted to Benue state, even though I had never been there before; i ended up enjoying my service year beyond measure. I was also offered a job then, but because I wanted to do other things I did not take up the offer.

So wishing you all the best