Mr Ibrahim Lass, Yobe State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps
(NYCS), on Thursday said that the management of the scheme would
consider re-opening orientation camp in the state next year. According
to Lass, the reopening depends on if the state government rehabilitates
the camp.
He made this known while addressing newsmen during the passing-out
ceremony of the 2014 Batch ‘B’ corps members in Damaturu. “Now that the
security situation is gradually improving in Yobe, we are considering
holding NYSC orientation camp next year, if the state government
rehabilitates the camp.
“We have carried out a survey of the facilities in the camp and wrote
to the state government to assist in renovating the camp, so that we
can open it next year, ” Lass said. nHe said that NYSC had not been
holding orientation camp in the state since 2010 due to persistent
security problems.
The coordinator said that holding orientation camp outside the state
posed serious challenges to the management of the scheme in the
area. Lass, however, advised corps members deployed to the state not to
panic, saying that the security situation in the state had improved
tremendously.
He said that a total of 265 corps members served in the 2014 Batch B
out of which five got presidential merit award. Passing-out ceremony of
corps members in the state has been low-keyed since 2010, owing to the
security challenges facing some parts of the state.
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