NYSC Camp Requirements ▷ 59 Essential Things You Must Carry

Do you want to know the NYSC orientation camp requirements list, date, preparation, registration procedure, checklist, survival kit, daily activities, documents, what to expect, items and things needed, requirements for married woman, things not allowed (prohibited) and things to take to camp?

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NYSC Orientation Camp

NYSC orientation camping of PCMs is for 21 days (3 weeks) great training, social, educational, and cultural activities plus preparation for the service year.

The NYSC management has announced that the 2024 Batch B Stream 1 orientation course has been scheduled to hold on 26^th June, 2024. 

Prepare yourself, your soul, and spirit.

To prepare for NYSC orientation camp, do not go there with a mindset that you are going to be comfortable like you are at home.

You will be at the NYSC orientation camp for 20 full days.

The 21^st day is the day you will leave the camp.

The orientation camp is always fun and turns out most times to be the best part of NYSC.

You’re to wear Mufti to camp (trouser and polo with shoe or sandals is okay).

Please go to where you are posted early.

Even if you would go by flight, make sure you go a day before.

The fun will start on the exact day of camp opening and whatever reason you have or anything you are doing, try to make it to camp 2 days after its opening.

How to Congratulate a New Corper

Here are some tips on how to congratulate a new corper:

• Be sincere and thoughtful. Let the corper know that you are genuinely happy for them and that you are proud of them for taking this step.
• Highlight the corper’s accomplishments. Mention any specific accomplishments that you are proud of, such as their academic achievements, their extracurricular activities, or their volunteer work.
• Offer your support. Let the corper know that you are there for them if they need anything, whether it is advice, a listening ear, or a helping hand.
• Be positive and encouraging. Let the corper know that you believe in them and that you are confident that they will succeed in their NYSC service.

Here are some congratulations messages you can use:

• “Congratulations on your mobilization to the NYSC! I am so proud of you for taking this step. I know you will do great things during your service year.”
• “I am so excited for you to start your NYSC service! You are going to have an amazing time and make so many memories. I know you will make a difference in the lives of many people.”
• “I am so proud of all you have accomplished. You are a talented individual, and I know you will do great things during your NYSC service. I am here for you if you need anything.”
• “I am so excited to see what you accomplish during your NYSC service. You are a bright light, and I know you will make a difference in the world.”
• “I am so proud of you for taking this step. You are going to do great things during your NYSC service. I believe in you!”

NYSC Camp Registration Documents

Here are the documents required for registration at the NYSC orientation camp:

• Original copy of your call-up letter.
• Original copy of your school certificate or statement of result.
• Original copy of your green card.
• Original copy of COVID-19 slip.
• Original copy of a medical certificate of fitness.
• Institution’s identity card for manual verification.

NYSC Camp Registration Procedure

Here is the procedure for registration at the NYSC orientation camp:

• When you arrive at the camp gate, you are to present your medical certificate of fitness, undergo compulsory COVID-19 screening by the NCDC as only those who tested negative will be allowed entry.
• You’ll be given a slip and subjected to manual and electronic security checks for unauthorized objects before allowed into the camp.
• Once you enter the camp, you will be allocated a hostel, then you’ll go to the store and get a mattress.
• After identifying your bed space, move to the registration unit with the documents stated in your call-up letter.
• Get a chair and sit as you’ll be guided by the officers.
• When it is your turn to be attended to, present your slip given to you at the camp gate, original copy of your call-up letter, original copy of your school certificate or statement of result, and institution’s identity card for manual verification.
• Move to the ICT table for digital verification and issuance of state registration number (code).
• Go to the next unit for meal ticket and number tag. The number tag will serve as your temporary identity card until you are issued a plastic corps member’s identity card. It is mandatory to hang the tag on your neck.
• Bank staff will be at the hall to open an account for you, through which you’ll be paid your allowances right from the camp. So, locate the bank to which you have been assigned and ensure you fill account opening form before proceeding to the next step.
• Go to your platoon officer for your file and kit items (NYSC uniforms).

Note: Be certain about the person you take as your Next of Kin on any form that requires so.

Your platoon number is the last digit of your state code.

For instance, if your given state code number is 0503, then you are in platoon 3.

Every corper is attached to a platoon and most of your activities, including morning drills, competitions would be conducted according to platoons.

You would be given some small booklets like camp schedule, the NYSC anthem, rules, and regulations.

NYSC Kit/Uniform for Camp

Each corps member is entitled to a set of kit items comprising:

• 1 Cap
• 1 Khaki Suit
• 1 Belt
• 1 Crested Vest
• 1 Pair of Jungle Boots
• 1 Pair of White Canvas
• 2 Pairs of PE Shorts
• 2 Plain Vests
• 2 Pairs of Stockings

Allowances Paid on Camp

Corps members are entitled to these allowances while in camp:

• Transport allowance to camp – ₦1,800
• Bicycle allowance – ₦1,400
• First monthly allowance before leaving camp – ₦33,000

NYSC Travel Safety Tips for Prospective Corps Members

It has become very imperative for the PCMs to note the following travel safety tips and adhere strictly to them:

• PCMs are enjoined to make adequate travel preparation before setting out on the journey. Crosscheck that you’ve packed all the relevant documents that will be requested at the point of registration. This is to guard against the danger of being asked to go back home and fetch the forgotten documents.
• Kindly research your destinations thoroughly before leaving.
• On no account should you board a vehicle by the roadside because of seemingly attractive cheap fare. You should board vehicles only from recognized parks.
• Be conscious of your travel time. Journeys must be arranged in such a way that you arrive at your destination latest 6 pm. Note that if it’s not possible to arrive at your destination at the aforesaid time, please break the journey.
• Avoid unnecessary argument bordering on politics and religion, among others. You may unwittingly cause offence. Keep your views to yourself.
• Be courteous, but don’t trust people too quickly and don’t be loud while answering telephone calls, so as not to unknowingly divulge information that may place you in harm’s way.
• Watch your drinking habit. Alcohol dulls your senses. Always be sober.
• Take only what you need for the journey. Don’t overburden yourself with load.
• Dress normal. Don’t overdress. Conversely, don’t dress shabbily, since either way, you unduly stand out.
• Keep a very close watch over your personal effects. You should carry your vital documents (certificates, international passport) on you.
• Don’t put valuables in your back pocket, for that’s always the pickpocket’s first point of call. It’s safer to use your front pocket.
• Keep your family and trusted friends updated on your itinerary.

Camping Tips for Prospective Corps Members

• Report on your scheduled camp reporting date.
• Do not travel to the orientation camps at night. Break your journey when necessary.
• You must register for the COVID-19 Test using the link in your dashboard once deployed.
• After documentation in the camp – your date of birth, date of graduation and course of study cannot be changed.
• Do not report to the camp if there is any discrepancy with the date of graduation on your statement of result and your call-up letter. If you have any issues, return to your institution to sort it out.
• After documentation in the camp, the passport photograph cannot be changed.
• If you are deployed and refuse to report to the orientation camp, you will not be automatically re-validated to the next stream.
• You can apply for correction of wrong gender and title in the camp.
• You can also apply online for corrections to your class of degree, qualification and course of study. Your Student Affairs Officer (SAO) will treat it.
• If there is a disparity in the name on the statement of result and that on the call-up letter, apply for name addition and removal on your dashboard. Your SAO will process online by uploading backing documents.

7 Things You Should Never Do to Your NYSC Documents

Things you should not do to your important NYSC documents (statement of result, medical certificate, call up letter, green card) that you must take to the orientation camp.

• Do not laminate
• Do not forget any at home
• Do not lose your documents
• Do not sell any
• Do not fold
• Do not carelessly keep
• Do not give anyone

How Many Passports Do You Really Need for NYSC?

Regarding camp registration and other official documents, you only need about 7 to 9 passports for NYSC.

NYSC Orientation Camp Requirements

Here’s the checklist of items needed in NYSC orientation camp:

• Call-up Letter (Original +3 photocopies)
• Green Slip (Original +3 photocopies)
• School ID Card (+3 copies)
• Statement of Result/Certificate (Original +3 photocopies)
• Medical Fitness Certificate (Original +3 photocopies)
• Passport Photos with a white background (7 – 9 copies)
• Stationary (Pen, Stapler, Permanent Marker)
• Casual/Sunday Wear
• Jumaat/Church Clothing
• Plain White Round Neck T-shirt (as many as you like)
• Plain White Shorts (as many as you like)
• Carnival Costume/Cultural Wear (be creative)
• Plain White Rubber Shoes (recommended)
• Plain White Sneakers (optional)
• White Socks (as many as possible)
• Toiletries
• Bedsheets and Blanket
• Beverages (Cereals, Garri, Milk)
• Body Cream/Lotion
• Bucket and Bailer
• Cardigan (White)
• Cloth Hangers
• Food Flask
• Cutleries
• Detergent
• Handkerchiefs
• Hand Fan
• Mosquito Net/Repellant
• Novels/Books
• Padlocks
• Power Bank
• Sanitary Pads and Tampons
• Shower Caps
• Sunglasses
• Water Bottles
• Torch Lights
• Waist Pouch
• Wrist Watch
• Your Medications
• Your Phone
• Anti-malaria Pills
• Bandages
• Combs and Hair Need
• Cotton Wool
• Disinfectants
• Eye Pads (for sleeping)
• Ear Plugs (protection from noise and dust)
• Face Towels
• Inhaler (for those who are asthmatic)
• Makeup and Accessories
• Methylated Spirits
• Money (Lots of it) and Functional ATM card
• Padlocks and Keys
• Pegs/Clips
• Perfumes/Body Spray
• Pillow
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Bathing Towel
• White Panties (colored panties will be too conspicuous under the white tops and bottoms).

Although most of these items can be easily bought in the camp, it can be quite expensive, so you should buy these things before going into the camp.

Electric appliances (stove, pressing iron, clipper, laptop, extensions), foodstuff that has to be cooked (raw rice, yams, noodles etc.) mattress from home, mirrors, weapons and metallic cutleries are contraband items in the orientation camp.

Pack as light as you can and make sure your box is as theft-proof as possible.

NYSC Orientation Camp Rules

This information applies to NYSC candidates in Batch A, B, and C.

NYSC rules you must adhere to are all stated in this post to enable candidates to avoid being a victim of anything that may lead to the termination of their service.

• No room for casual wears – immediately you get your camp kits, wear it, no room for causal wears. Only your T-shirt and shorts with the tennis shoe are allowed on you.
• Morning Regimented Programme – By 4:30pm should be at the parade ground. You have your praise, worship and prayer the Christian and Muslim ways. After the morning admonitions, by 7am, breakfast follows! After eating, you will be called out again for the series of programmes lined up for you. Then you have your lunch, rest a little and you are out again for the evening parade, then your dinner later. This will repeat itself everyday perhaps except on Sunday.
• Feeding of oneself is at your costs. If you don’t like the camp food, go to Maami Market to eat but at your cost.
• Stealing is prevalently prevailing at the camp. Secure your items.
• Respect and obey the soldiers at the campground.
• The first stipends of ₦33,000 will be given to you in the camp, cash. All the other ones will be through your bank.

Top 10 Competitions and Activities to Expect at NYSC Orientation Camp

There are different competitions/activities that will take place in various orientation camps.

The NYSC orientation camp is always very interesting, and it’s filled with moments you will never forget in your history.

These activities engage and educate newly inducted corp members about the tenets of serving the fatherland.

Here are the top 10 competitions to expect at NYSC camp:

• Beauty Pageant
• Cooking
• Dancing
• Debate
• Drama
• Hostel Cleanliness
• Man ‘O’ War
• Parade
• Sanitation
• Sports

10 Costly Mistakes You Shouldn’t Make in Orientation Camp

Some of these mistakes can get you punished, kicked out of camp, or arrested.

• Having sex
• Don’t urinate and excrete around. Always use the bathroom.
• Fighting
• Forged or fake documents
• Getting drunk
• Jumping the fence
• Lamination of documents
• Rape
• Sexual harassment
• Stealing

NYSC Anthem Lyrics

Youth obey the clarion call

Let us lift our nation high

Under the sun or in the rain

With dedication and selflessness

Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve.

Members, take the great salute

Put the nation first in all

With service and humility

NYSC for the noble youths

Make Nigeria a great nation.

Far and near, we come to serve

And to build our fatherland

With oneness and loyalty

NYSC for unity

Hail Nigeria, our great nation.

Youth obey the clarion call

Let us lift our nation high

Under the sun or in the rain

With dedication and selflessness

Nigeria is ours, Nigeria we serve.

Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED)

SAED is a scheme established starting right from camp to help corp members gain valuable skills before they finish their service year.

The scheme will run for like a week in camp, but you can decide to continue the program after camp (post-camp training).

It’s recorded as the most boring moments on camp.

But I can assure you, if you develop an interest, you will never regret it.

What Next After NYSC Camp?

This is a question many corps members ask and begging for answers.

After the NYSC orientation camp, the next step is to collect your posting letter from your platoon officer.

Your posting letter will tell you where you have been posted to carry out the national assignment.

After NYSC orientation camp, you will see some people that will travel back to homes, some to their places of primary assignment and some others will just be stranded.

Do not travel after NYSC camp unless you have been relocated to another state.

Here are the things to do and next steps to take after the NYSC orientation camp:

1. Report to your PPA

The first thing to do after NYSC camp is to go to your Place of Primary Assignment (PPA).

But if you get relocation while in camp, then go to the NYSC state secretariat in the new state they relocated you for documentations.

However, if you don’t meet up to report in your PPA, you can lodge in corpers’ lodge or any religious body corpers lodge, and report the following day in the morning.

Please, make sure you collect your posting letter from your camp platoon officer before leaving NYSC camp because you need to report to your PPA with your posting letter.

Note: When you take your posting letter to your PPA, they will either accept or reject you.

If they reject or accept you, they will write it on the detachable part of the letter.

So, whether they accept or reject you, take the document the employer will give you to your Local Government Inspector (LGI). Contact is on your posting letter.

Make one photocopy of your posting letter before taking it to your PPA.

For example, if your PPA is a secondary school, the principal of the school will stamp the detachable part of your posting letter, and then write either “Accepted” or “Rejected”.

Whether you are accepted or rejected, remember to take the detachable form to your LGI’s office for documentation.

2. Report to your LGI Office

This is actually the second step to take.

After reporting to your PPA, you will be given a letter that shows whether you are accepted or rejected.

You are to submit the letter to the NYSC zonal office or the office of LGI, depending on the distance between the zonal office and the LGI office.

Note: If you are rejected in your PPA, DO NOT proceed to step 3 until you get another PPA.

Most times, your LGI or Zonal Inspector will repost you to another PPA or you find one for yourself.

3. Enjoy your 2-weeks leave

After you have completed steps 1 and 2 above, the next thing is to enjoy your 2-weeks leave.

You can use your leave opportunity to travel home and meet your people.

But before you travel, you need to write and submit a leave application letter to the NYSC state coordinator through your LGI.

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NYSC Allowee

If you are serving this year, you are lucky because the allowance was increased from ₦19,800 to ₦33,000.

You will get a monthly payment of ₦33k starting from when you are in the orientation camp.

The last payment may be double (₦66k).

You will open a new bank account and that is where the NYSC allowee will be entering.

It always comes about 2-5 days before the end of the month.

Your allowance can also come in late some months.

CDS Group

CDS stands for Community Development Service.

The NYSC officials will split every corps member into different CDS group and they will meet once in a week.

CDS is very important as you cannot do your clearance if you did not take part in your CDS group.

This is where you brainstorm on how to do something important for the community where you serve.

NYSC Passing Out Parade

This is the last ceremony of your youth service scheme.

Remember, everything that has a beginning will surely have an end.

No matter how you enjoy your place of assignment, you will end your NYSC after some months and face real life.

The passing out parade is always on a low key whereby you will go to your local government and collect your NYSC certificate.

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Why is it Challenging for NYSC Corpers to Save?

What are the things making it so hard for corp members to even save during NYSC year?

The first thing that will determine if a person will save is the city posted to.

It is more likely for people posted to village to save more than those in cities because of the cost of living.

Other factors range from individuals’ ways of handling money and how they want to enjoy their service year.

Adequate planning is key regardless of your location.

Once you plan and remain focused on the plan, nothing in life is unachievable.

Saving Tips

• Buy your materials needed in bulk, not in pieces.
• Set up a priority table for your needs.
• Make sure your planned expenditure is never greater than your proposed income.
• Never cultivate the act of borrowing for any project of yours.
• Make use of PiggyVest to save, invest your money and earn interest.

After Youth Service (NYSC) What Next?

After graduation and/or service, you can start thinking of getting a good job, doing business, getting a Master’s Degree in Nigeria or going abroad to further your education.

It is all left for you to decide.

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