Authorities of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have disclaimed rumours of alleged reopening of orientation camps on October 27, 2020.
A statement by the scheme signed Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations, described the social media report, tagged: ‘Re: Stream 2 Take Note’, as fake.
Recall that the said release falsely claimed that following a purported meeting, Orientation Course should resume October 27, 2020, with Batch ‘A’ Stream 2, which had further been subdivided into Batches ‘A’ and ‘B’.
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Adeyemi, in the statement stated, “Management hereby conveys that the news release is fake. Prospective Corps Members and the public are, therefore, enjoined to kindly disregard the news in its entirety.
“Management has been working with the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in order to ensure the reopening of NYSC Orientation Camps nationwide, which the PTF had earlier tied to the resumption of educational institutions in the country,” the statement read.
The scheme said it had ensured that all the COVID-19 safety protocols incidental to safe hosting of orientation programmes were in place in all its 37 orientation camps, saying these and other precautionary safety measures already adopted by the NYSC had earned it the
It added: “While the NYSC sincerely appreciates the patience so far shown by the PCMs who have waited for over six months to be called-up for participation in the scheme, it equally empathises with them over the unanticipated disruption of their programmes, resulting from COVID-19 pandemic
“However, the corps is highly optimistic that the Federal Government, through the PTF will soon give approval for the full resumption of camping.”
NYSC also urged serving corps members to continue to stay safe and stay tuned to NYSC’s traditional and regular news media platforms for authentic information.
