The National Youth Service Corpson Thursday announced the redeployment
of corps members from seven northern states.
The affected states are Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano
and Yobe states.
A statementon Thursdayin Abuja by the Director of Public Relations in
NYSC, Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe, said the decision followed the high rate
of insecurity in some parts of the North.
The corps members are part of the 2014 Batch 'B' Orientation Course
scheduled to commence next weekTuesday August 5, 2014.
The NYSC said due to logistic reasons, the orientation course will be
conducted in two streams for different states.
The Stream One exercise will be conducted fromTuesday, August 5 to
Tuesday, August 26 2014in Lagos, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara, Oyo, Niger, Abia,
Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Edo,
Enugu, FCT, Imo, Kebbi, Kaduna, Kogi, Katsina, Nasarawa, Ogun,
Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara states.
Corps members posted to states listed in the Stream One category will
undergo the orientation course in their respective states of
deployment.
The statement explained that the Stream Two exercise, meant for the
affected northern states, had been scheduled forMonday, September 1,
2014 to Monday, September 22, 2014.
Corps members posted to Adamawa State will have their orientation
programme in Niger; Bauchi corps members are expected to resume in
Plateau State orientation camp while those posted to Borno State are
to proceed to the Nasarawa State camp.
Other affected states are Gombe, where corps members are expected to
serve in Benue and Jigawa State corps members are expected to have
their orientation programme in Kaduna.
Corps members posted to Yobe State are expected to resume at the
Federal Capital Territory Orientation camp.
The NYSC said corps members posted to Kano State would be notified of
the state of their orientation in due course while those posted to
Osun State will serve in Osun for the second stream of the exercise.
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