NYSC To The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said the call-up letters for prospective Corps members that will participate in the 2022 Batch ‘B’ orientation course will be available on Sunday.
The NYSC director-general, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah, disclosed this during a webinar jointly organised by NYSC and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as part of efforts to sustain the safe conduct of the orientation exercise.
In a statement by the director, press and public relations, NYSC, Eddy Megwa, the director-general said though there was a decline in COVID-19 cases worldwide, there was the need “not to let down our guards until the disease is totally eradicated.”
Fadah added that the Scheme has made adequate preparations to ensure the safety of all camp participants across the 37 orientation camps nationwide.
He said since the post-lockdown resumption of Orientation Courses, the Scheme has adopted strict compliance with all safety guidelines before, during and after the exercises.
He enjoined all prospective Corps Members to ensure strict compliance to all the established safety protocols in camp.
The NYSC director-general used the webinar to advise all prospective Corps Members to be security conscious, especially when travelling to their States of deployment.
“You are strongly advised to board vehicles at only officially designated motor parks. You must also avoid night journeys at all cost,” the DG said.
For his part, the director-general of NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, said all prospective Corps Members including other camp participants must undergo the COVID-19 test, and only those that test negative will be admitted to the orientation camps.
He stated that in the event of any positive result, arrangements have been made with the NCDC and State Health officials for the cases to be handled in designated treatment centers outside the orientation camp.
Adetifa said the NCDC would continue to practise and demonstrate preventive measures against COVID-19 disease.
He added that no single death has been recorded in any NYSC Orientation Camp since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria till date.
The NCDC Project Lead for Safe Camp Re-opening, Dr Ladun Okuromade, in her contributions, said every part of the country has been affected by COVID-19.
She advised the prospective Corps Members to utilise the opportunity of the NYSC Orientation Course to complete their COVID-19 vaccination.
She added that COVID-19 screening is compulsory while COVID-19 vaccination is optional.
