The National Youth Service Corps has
informed prospective corps members that Orientation Camp for NYSC Batch
“B” Stream 2 for 2016 may now commence in 2017. This means that the
Batch B Stream II orientation camp will not open until 2017.
The
DG of NYSC made this known while given assurance that prospective
stream II corps members will be mobilized. He said that “the limited
cumulative capacity of the Orientation camps nationwide necessitates a
second stream Orientation course for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ which is being
planned for January 2017”.
NYSC 2016 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Orientation Camp To Open January 2017
The Director-General, Brigadier General Sulaiman Kazaure, gave the assurance during his maiden parley with the media in Abuja.
Kazaure said this followed a Federal Government’s directive to that effect.
He
said what was left of the provision made for mobilization of Corps
members in the 2016 budget could only accommodate eighty-six thousand
prospective Corps members.
The
Director-General, however, added that following the federal government’s
intervention, all the one hundred and seventy thousand prospective
Corps members that successfully registered online are now being
processed for 2016 Batch ‘B’.
“So
far, we have received green light from the relevant government agencies
to prepare for the mobilization of all qualified prospective Corps
members.
“However, the limited
cumulative capacity of the Orientation camps nationwide necessitates a
second stream Orientation course for the 2016 Batch ‘B’ which is being
planned for January 2017,” he said.
Kazaure
lamented the failure of some states and local governments to discharge
their statutory obligations to the Scheme pointing out that their
attitude resulted in the limited capacity and quality of facilities in
most Orientation camps across the country.
The
Director-General stressed that the provision of Orientation camp
facilities and post-camp accommodation and transport of Corps members
were among the responsibilities of states and local governments as spelt
out in the NYSC Act.
Others he
enumerated include logistics support for inspection of Corps locations,
material support for community development service and security of Corps
members.
He, therefore, appealed to
states and local governments that are not discharging their statutory
obligations to reconsider their stance and give their support towards
the success of the Scheme’s operations.
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