NYSC reschedules camp activities in volatile states

The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has announced the rescheduling of the posting of all corps members deployed to Yobe and Borno States for the 2012 Batch ‘B’ Orientation Course.A statement by the Director General of NYSC, Brig-Gen Nnamdi Okore-Affia, directed that corps members posted to some volatile states in the North such as Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna, but have not yet reported to the camp, should immediately report to the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja for redeployment.The redeployment and re-scheduling comes after the federal government’s assurance on Wednesday that all corps members across the country during the mandatory NYSC are safe.The normal orientation activities that were to hold in the troubled states have been scheduled to other states as directed by the statement.“Yobe State prospective corps members will now hold their orientation course at the Nasarawa State NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Keffi, Keffi LGA, and not as stated on their call-up letters.” the statement read.“Borno State prospective corps members will undertake their orientation programme at the Benue State NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp at Wanume, Tarka LGA, and not as stated on their call-up letters. Date: Thursday 26th July-Thursday 16th August, 2012, as earlier published.”“In addition, all 2012 Batch ‘B’ prospective corps members deployed to Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna states who have collected their call-up letters but are yet to report in camp should immediately report at the NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja for redeployment” the statement concluded.The House of Representatives had on Tuesday ordered the NYSC headquarters to stop posting graduates who have been mobilised for the compulsory national service to volatile states in Northern Nigeria.