NYSC OYO STATE SWEARS-IN CORPS MEMBERS

Over 2,000 members of the 2015 Batch B Stream 1 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) deployed to Oyo State, have been sworn-in by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Muktar Abimbola.

The event took place at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp located in Iseyin Local Government Area of the state. The event commenced at the early hours of the date with corps members parade, followed by the swearing-in of corps members.

In his remarks, the Oyo State Governor Senator Isiaka Ajumobi who was represented by Otunba Moses Alake Adeyemi welcomed the corps members and urged them to be law abiding while serving in the state. He assured that the government will play its own part by looking after the welfare of the corps members.

GIST: INEC TRAINING.

A good day is the day INEC decided that they will be needing the services of Oyo Corpers for the Osun state Gubernatorial Elections, 2014. Because the excitement this information has brought cannot be quantified.

And on the first day of training, 31st July, 2014, over 700 corps members assembled at Ikolaba Grammar School. Most of them arrived as early as 7:15 am, considering the fact that the State coordinator, Pastor O.A.T. Alao already said that punctuality will be one of the integral screening parameter. I know for a fact (I'm not kidding right now) that some corps members already ironed their khaki and even made breakfast the night before, and woke up as early as 5 am, so that at about 6:30 am, they were fully dressed already.

SUSPECTED CULTIST THREATHEN TO KILL CORPS MEMBER

On the 13th of may, 2014, a suspected cultist, nicknamed Ajegunle (real name unknown), threatened to kill one of the hardworking and principled corps members of Army Barrack Junior School 3, by the name of Gbeminiyi, who strives to make sure the students dress properly to school in the full school kit (i.e well pressed uniform, white socks, brown sandals, pin earrings, brown belt, etc.) He was dedicated to making sure all students, most especially, the ones in the class he was teaching- senior secondary class 1 in the army barracks senior sch 1, were disciplined and well behaved and never missed an opportunity to punish offenders.

CAMP SURVIVAL SERIES

By

Ezinne Aja & Kemi Smith

First thing you need to know is camp isn’t what you expected. You might have asked questions from old corps members and they might have given you some good information but nothing they could have said would really hit the proverbial nail on the head. So if possible, begin with a blank slate with no expectations because you definitely find out it is not what you thought it was. So here are some tips that will help you survive the three weeks of NYSC camp: