ghettodreamz: Oga oooo..No doubt, soldiers are deadly animals...

Omo na serious offense ooooo, but is kneeling down the NEXT thing? She was being careless to have lost her wedding ring, must everybody pay for her carelessness?

@Soldiers.... Serious, abomination.. Yeepa! *SmdhSeriously*

@OP; Next time this kind of thing happens, tell the commandant you are not serving any punishment cuz your dad is a Lieutenant Colonel @ Nigerian Army and don't forget 2 holla @ me...

maxpro-xl:
No big deal nah. Durin my days at iyana ipaja camp in lagos, we were forced to sit on bare floor for long hours under the hot sun. Soldiers flogged some corpers eating at the mammy market while parade was on.
I only used ten days on camp due to my business but that period was very unpleasant, l saw soldiers tearin trousers of female corpers with scissors on their body just because its a customised type. Some soldiers busted female hostels while they were bathing rushin them out for the mornin parade.

To me nysc is crap and shld be srapd. Its just a means for the govt to embezzle funds. Do u know that the budget for each corpers uniform is 75,000 and all u get is a set of poor quality clothes. Not to mention the food and hostel condition. A soldier flogged a corper in one of the south eastern states few years ago and she later died. Its so sad and painful

Hayjaycity:

Shey na Nigeria here you they regard graduates as future leaders, okay, so when will they climb the mantle of leadership o....#SMH for naija o

elampiro: This never happened during my time.

It is strange that graduates are dehumanised like this, it is even more strange that almost everyone here accepted this as normal. I served in Ipaja camp Lagos, those days the soldier gave us our due respects as graduates. They knew their limits. How did it degenerate to this level?

Perhaps the NYSC coordinators are no longer in charge lof their duties. We are talking of graduates here. I didn't for once heard anyone got flogged or did frog jump or made to kneel down for any reason. I knew corp members were summoned to the their the authorities offices, but non came to give report of corporal punishment.

I am so surprised that graduate are meant to kneel down and raise their hands under the sun. I am not sure the governors are aware of this. As far as my memory can take me back, no soldier came into our hall at night. We were never waken up at odd hours.

I think there is more to this these days. The soldiers are really having a field day.

cute9ja: this is not a big deal at all. infact there is absolutely nothing wrong in this picture. i am a batch B corp member in oyo state, and when i got into camp in July, the first day we were told that our hands, legs, bodies will be their's in the 3 weeks period of orientation.

it's a military setting in NYSC camp, and graduates are drilled according to this, so why can't they be punished?

I have seen worse punishments!!!!

it's just for 3 weeks so no big deal, and besides the military guys always reduce their gra-gra and get friendly towards the end of camp, like in the final week, so pls get over it.

elampiro: Please people should stop saying these things are normal. This is dehumanizing, and it is abnormal. It is a shame to the corp member who cannot complain about this to the coordinator and the press.

Never, never and never did I see one single person treated this way during my time. Not one, and I mean it. The soldiers are really having undue power these days and taking advantage of corp members.

dabossman:

Help me tell them o. Even a commissioned officer goes thru hell in the hands of a drill sergeant before he is commissioned. But once he is decorated as a 2nd Lieutenant he becomes the sergeant's superior.

The 3 weeks orientation is for para-military training and you will be treated as if you are in the army your degree notwithstanding. Even kids in summer bootcamp won't whine like this.

BarryX: It is normal now and honestly I don't see it as dehumanising as being touted because at the end of the day , the soldiers and the corp members still sit down and laugh about what transpired, I haven't really seen any para-military training or any training of such that is rosy and for people expecting to be treated like royalty because they are "graduates" is a misnomer factoring in how many unemployed graduates we have roaming around!!**Abeg let the dudes have their day for the three weeks, all should advise is doing with a moral and human face** kapish

Super1759: Hahahahahha. This pix reminds me of the chaos I caused when I was in camp.
Normally,10pm is light out. So me and my guys were gisting and I suddenly gave a loud roar of laughter, I didn't even notice the commandant was at the hostel door.
"Quiet every one here" we were at the extreme,we ignored him(we thought he ws a mere soldier).
The next we had was " everyone jump out,on your knees"
At that point,people start trooping out kneeling down on the hard rock, I realised say wahala deh, I sneaked inbetween a ghana-must-go and a cupboard by my bedside,unseen. All other people went out,on their knees and asked to walk to the field, that's the highest punishment I have ever seen, people's knees were bruised and some were crying like baby(even my guy). when they got to the field,they were asked to produced the noise maker, one aboki volunteered to find me, he couldn't find me in the crowd. They were again asked to roll to the next post,until they produce me (they know me very well but can't say how I disappeared),I was peeping from the window. So when the commandant noticed their innocency, he said "that boy must be a crook,he must have sneaked away" he collected my name and platoon number.
To cut the story short,I was on the run till the camp fire night,when I went to him. I gave him a grEen bottle and we became cool friends(I still have his number now), my platoon commandant will always signal me when they come to look for me in the field. No be small thing, that's the highest fun I had.

k2039: If I hear say I kneel down

elampiro:

It looks like you are a soldier man.

lekzwyc: Here in Delta state, we have been subjected to undeserve punishment from these so called soldiers. A girl lost her wedding ring in her hostel, she reported to OBS (orientation broadcasting service) before we knew it everybody were asked to kneel down under the sun like nursery school student. We call it "buying job". Every little offence here na frog jump we go dey do...ehhh!!! double! double!...I tire ooo

k2039: If I hear say I kneel down

dabossman:

I'm not, but I did my primary assignment on a military base after the 3 weeks camp. We were afforded officers status because we were graduates and even old sergeants respected us. I often felt embarrassed when grandfathers called me 'sir' or served me at the officer's mess.

But in that one year I got to appreciate the discipline and the intricacies of the chain of command. Young Lieutenants who were my mates treated us as equals. Your graduate degree is actual respected in the military set up, but not when you are in training, be it short service or NYSC.

mko abiola: Lol.
Na normal tin b ds .
Sojas will alwys use force on u.
I xperience same tin,wen I was in d camp.
A colleague lost hs fone in my hostel,den I was d hostel marshal.
I repoted to d sojas,de didn't tak action dat day,d 3rd day,dey bursted our hostel wit their usual gra gra,dey ask for d hostel marshal,dey woke me up by 1am.
All corpmembers kneel down outside till d following morning,I search all d 99 bags in d hostel bt we cudnt see d fone.I will nva forget dat day.we no sleep dat day,lol
Bt dey pardon only me cos I was d hostel marshal checking all d bags.

BarryX: It is normal now and honestly I don't see it as dehumanising as being touted because at the end of the day , the soldiers and the corp members still sit down and laugh about what transpired, I haven't really seen any para-military training or any training of such that is rosy and for people expecting to be treated like royalty because they are "graduates" is a misnomer factoring in how many unemployed graduates we have roaming around!!**Abeg let the dudes have their day for the three weeks, all should advise is doing with a moral and human face** kapish

elampiro:

Must they be made to knee and raise their hands under the sun? The early morning wake up time at 4.30 or 5.00 am for exercise is itself drilling. The jogging, then you go for marching and return for evening games. I am a sports person, these things (exercises) were normal to me. I really enjoyed camp. But if I may ask, how does this 'punishments' or drillings help for job hunt as you suggest? As for me, I wans't made to go through this things, yet I hustled a good job. I hustled my place of primary assignment myself, got a reposting and eventually retained there- in a bank.

afam4eva: Some of these corpers are people's parents. i wonder how their kids will feel seeing their parents being dehumanized like this. We too overdo for this country sef.

Ericmillion: Dats big nonesense,dos nysc guys could not stand up 4 rit nd justice,dey were weak.in dis time of social nd economic erosion it nt easy to b a graduate,i cannot imagine a sodier dat does nt even av ssce result askin me to kneel.nonesense.

wiegraf:

These were not drills, the excuse was someone stole a ring. Maybe the ring was even lost, not stolen. For that all of them were dragged out for this. So, did they expect the thief to crack from the pressure of kneeling down? I doubt that, s/he was probably smiling inwardly through the episode. Just like the poster above who was happy he made all his friends suffer for him because he was selfishly inconsiderate. To prove my point about encouraging silly behavior someone quotes him then calls him a 'sharp guy'. Or maybe the soldiers reasoned that this punishment will prevent future thefts? If so, kindly show me how.

Disregarding the above, the whole thing is just silly. Even if you had to do this nysc thing for whatever reasons, if you treat people like animals, they will act like animals. What have they learned from this? What is all this supposed to do for them? You're telling me those professional yes men can teach them a thing or two? Like what, saying 'yessir'? Or becoming a zombie? Or harass a whole brigade because a ring went missing? Are we at war with anyone? What exactly has the nysc accomplished that we spend the little cash we have on this exercise? Teaching you how to suffer? It's by force to suffer now? If you enjoy suffering, good for you. I don't see why those that don't are forced to participate.

No worry, I go leave una for dis folly. Make I go do something productive

CrazyMan: They are graduates....our future leaders...the soldiers should at least show them some respect.

BarryX: The first bolded statement hit me like you are not Nigerian of which I know Ɣøû are ..I tend to understand from my Nigerian life experience that you saying we have " LITTLE CASH" is a big fat lie , money allocated to NYSC annually for the quarterly programmes cannot be equated to what 109 senators spend in a month notwithstanding the population of corp members to that . The second bolded "folly" statement makes me think you are not an Ex-Otondoh.... * First of all go down low*

BarryX: I sincerely doubt I meant that. But all the same, I congratulate you for hustling your PPA which of course I know is against the NYSC bye-laws and most definitely some serious lobbying or money changing hands would have influence your placement BTW , there is hope* *smiles**