The NYSC orientation camp exercise for prospective corps members is a 21 days (3 weeks) of great training, social, educational, and cultural activities, and as such lots of requirements are needed in preparation for the service year.
The management has announced that the Batch C Stream 1 orientation course has been scheduled to hold on 27th November, 2024.
Prepare yourself, your soul, and spirit.
To prepare for camp, do not go there with a mindset that you are going to be comfortable like you are at home.
You will be at the NYSC orientation camp for 20 days.
On the 21st day, you will leave the camp.
Camping is fun and turns out most times to be the best part of NYSC.
You’re to wear Mufti to camp (trouser and polo with shoe or sandals is okay).
Go to where you are posted early.
Even if you go by flight, make sure you go a day before.
The fun will start on the exact day of camp opening and whatever reason you have or anything you are doing, try to make it to camp 2 days after its opening.
NYSC Camp Registration Documents
Here are the documents required for registration at the NYSC orientation camp:
- Original copy of your call-up letter.
- Original copy of your school certificate or statement of result.
- Original copy of your green card.
- Original copy of COVID-19 slip.
- Original copy of a medical certificate of fitness.
- Institution’s identity card for manual verification.
- Uploaded documents (married women and foreign graduates).
- Professional license (medical graduates).
- IT letter (polytechnic graduates).
- Passport photographs.
NYSC Camp Requirements
Here are the things needed for the NYSC orientation camp:
- Call-up Letter (Original +3 photocopies)
- Green Card Slip (Original +3 photocopies)
- School ID Card (+3 copies)
- Statement of Result/Certificate (Original +3 photocopies)
- Medical Fitness Certificate (Original +3 photocopies)
- Passport Photos with a white background (5 – 7 copies)
- Stationary (Pen, Stapler, Permanent Marker, and File Bag)
- Anti-malaria Pills
- Bandages
- Bathing Towel
- Bedsheets and Blanket
- Beverages (Cereals, Garri, Milk)
- Body Cream/Lotion
- Bucket and Bailer
- Cardigan (White)
- Carnival Costume/Cultural Wear
- Casual/Sunday Wear
- Cloth Hangers
- Combs and Hair Need
- Cotton Wool
- Cutleries
- Detergent
- Disinfectants
- Eye Pads (for sleeping)
- Face Towels
- Food Flask
- Hand Fan
- Handkerchiefs
- Inhaler (for those who are asthmatic)
- Jumaat/Church Clothing
- Makeup and Accessories
- Medications
- Methylated Spirits
- Mirror
- Mobile Phone, Earpiece, and Charger
- Money (Lots of it) and functional ATM card
- Mosquito Net/Repellant
- Novels/Books
- Padlocks and Keys
- Pegs/Clips
- Perfumes/Body Spray
- Pillow
- Plain White Round Neck T-shirts
- Plain White Rubber Shoes
- Plain White Shorts
- Plain White Sneakers (optional)
- Power Bank
- Sanitary Pads and Tampons
- Shaving Sticks
- Shower Caps
- Sunglasses
- Tissue Papers
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Torch Lights
- Waist Pouch
- Water Bottles
- White Panties (colored panties will be too conspicuous under the white tops and bottoms).
- White Socks (as many as possible)
- Wrist Watch
Although most of these items can be easily bought in the camp, it can be quite expensive, so you buy these things at home before travelling to camp.
Pack as light as you can and make sure your box is as theft-proof as possible.
Download NYSC Camp Requirements PDF
NYSC Camp Registration Procedure
Here is the procedure for registration at the NYSC orientation camp:
- When you arrive at the camp gate, you are to present your medical certificate of fitness, undergo compulsory COVID-19 screening by the NCDC as only those who tested negative will be allowed entry.
- You’ll be given a slip and subjected to manual and electronic security checks for unauthorized objects before allowed into the camp.
- Once you enter the camp, you will be allocated a hostel, then you’ll go to the store and get a mattress.
- After identifying your bed space, move to the registration unit with the documents stated in your call-up letter.
- Get a chair and sit as you’ll be guided by the officers.
- When it is your turn to be attended to, present your slip given to you at the camp gate, original copy of your call-up letter, original copy of your school certificate or statement of result, and institution’s identity card for manual verification.
- Move to the ICT table for digital verification and issuance of state registration number (code).
- Go to the next unit for meal ticket and number tag. The number tag will serve as your temporary identity card until you are issued a plastic corps member’s identity card. It is mandatory to hang the tag on your neck.
- Bank staff will be at the hall to open an account for you, through which you’ll be paid your first allowance right inside the camp. Locate the bank to which you have been assigned and ensure you fill account opening form before proceeding to the next step.
- Go to your platoon officer for your file and kit items (uniforms).
Be certain about the person you take as your next of kin on any form that requires so.
Your platoon number is the last digit of your state code.
If your given state code number is 0503, then you are in platoon 3.
Every corps member is attached to a platoon and most of your activities, including morning drills and competitions, would be conducted according to platoons.
You would be given some small booklets like camp schedule, the NYSC anthem, rules, and regulations.
Allowances Paid in Camp
Corps members are entitled to allowances while in camp.
Before you leave the orientation camp, you’ll get your first allowance of ₦33,000 from the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Also, there is a transportation allowance of ₦10,000 for corps members.
You will be given ₦6,400 in camp and the remaining ₦3,600 will be paid to you after your service year.
