NYSC Batch A Stream II Of 72,000 Corps Members Orientation Course Commences July 26th Nationwide.

 

NYSC Batch A Stream II Of 72,000 Corps Members Orientation Course Commences July 26th Nationwide.

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has confirmed July 26 for the commencement of orientation for prospective Batch A Stream II corps members nationwide.

  The Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Orientation Course has been scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 15 and prospective corp members are to start the printing of call-up letters from Friday, July 21.

  Speaking to Premium Times on Tuesday, the NYSC spokesperson Bose Aderibigbe said  Streams 1 and 2 came into being when the scheme observed that corps members’ population was increasing.

“We have so many schools turning out prospective Corps members and once they register, we can’t ask them to wait for the next batch because the camp facilities are inadequate,” she said.

  She also disclosed that about 150,000 prospective Corps members registered for Batch B streams.

Highlights of the exercise are as follows:

a. Registration/verification: Wednesday 26th July – Thursday, 27th July, 2017

b. Registration Cut-off date: Midnight of 27th July, 2017

c. Closing ceremony: Tuesday, 15th August, 2017

  

The NYSC has also urged prospective corps members to report promptly to the orientation camps in their states of deployment at the camp addresses indicated in their call-up letters.

 

The NYSC scheme was created in 1973 to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war.

 The purpose of the scheme was primarily to inculcate in Nigerian youth the spirit of selfless service to the community, and to emphasise the spirit of oneness and brotherhood of all Nigerians, irrespective of cultural or social background.

 “We had 77,000 corps members for Stream 1 and this time around, we will be having 72,000. So, if we say the whole 150,000 should go at once, we will overstretch our camp facilities.”