NYSC redeploys corps members from Borno,
Kano, Yobe, others
JULY 31, 2014
BY FRIDAY OLOKOR, ABUJA


The National Youth Service Corps on Thursday
announced the redeployment of corps members
from seven northern states. The affected states are Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno,
Gombe, Jigawa, Kano and Yobe states. A statement on Thursday in Abuja by the Director
of Public Relations in NYSC, Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe,
said the decision followed the high rate of
insecurity in some parts of the North. The corps members are part of the 2014 Batch ‘B’
Orientation Course scheduled to commence next
week Tuesday August 5, 2014. The NYSC said due to logistic reasons, the
orientation course will be conducted in two
streams for different states. The Stream One exercise will be conducted from
Tuesday, August 5 to Tuesday, August 26 2014 in
Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, Oyo, Niger, Abia, Akwa
Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta,
Ebonyi, Edo, Enugu, FCT, Imo, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kogi,
Katsina, Nasarawa, Ogun, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara states. Corps members posted to states listed in the
Stream One category will undergo the orientation
course in their respective states of deployment. The statement explained that the Stream Two
exercise, meant for the affected northern states,
had been scheduled for Monday, September 1,
2014 to Monday, September 22, 2014. Corps members posted to Adamawa State will have
their orientation programme in Niger; Bauchi corps
members are expected to resume in Plateau State
orientation camp while those posted to Borno
State are to proceed to the Nasarawa State camp. Other affected states are Gombe, where corps
members are expected to serve in Benue and
Jigawa State corps members are expected to have
their orientation programme in Kaduna. Corps members posted to Yobe State are expected
to resume at the Federal Capital Territory
Orientation camp. The NYSC said corps members posted to Kano State
would be notified of the state of their orientation in
due course while those posted to Osun State will
serve in Osun for the second stream of the
exercise.