The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has said the NYSC did not ban pregnant women and nursing women from its orientation camps as being speculated.

The director-general stated that because of the challenges pregnant women and nursing mothers face, they were only advised to take good care of themselves and come to the camps after being fit to withstand the rigours involved in camping activities.

Making clarifications on the fate of Nursing Mothers and Pregnant Woman, the NYSC DG said:
“We did not ban pregnant women and nursing mothers from orientation camps. In the past, we have had cases where pregnant women and nursing mothers came to camps to participant in the NYSC activities. These are people who should come for service but rather we see ourselves managing them.

"So, what we are saying is that ‘if you are pregnant, why don’t you go and deliver, then when you are okay, you can come for the national service. It is in their interest and also to give effectiveness to what we are doing in the scheme.”

He also urged state governors to continue to support the activities of the NYSC in their respective states.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/08/pregnant-women-nursing-mothers-can.html

cc: lalasticlala ishilove

Pregnant women should stay away from NYSC activities. It is not healthy for them going by all the NYSC camp hostels nation wide.

NYSC hostels nation wide has poor facilities ranging from toilet,bathrooms or kitchen where the foods are cooked.

Pregnant women cannot go through the hard exercises in poor environment like NYSC.

Conflicting news everywhere

cc: lalasticlala ishilove

just for 19k or so, nursing mums and pregnant women wld want to face d hell in camps?
honestly the stress is not worth d dough..even the service working condition is poor and life threatening.

pls opt for exemption letters pending when naija upgardes the NYSC to a standard level