NYSC Reopens Camp In Borno After 13 Years

• NYSC camp in Borno State reopens after 13 years of closure due to insecurity, with CP assessing security for orientation
• CP assures strategic police deployment for peaceful orientation, marking the state’s peace restoration after 13 years

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has reopened its camp in Borno State, which had been closed for 13 years due to insecurity.

ML Yusuf, the Commissioner of Police for the Borno State Command, visited the orientation camp ahead of corps members’ deployment on August 18, 2023.

The CP said he visited the new orientation camp at Arabic Teachers College in Maiduguri to assess security.

This would allow us to know the nature of deployment to be made in order to ensure a peaceful conduct of the orientation, which begins on the 18th of August 2023, he explained.

The CP emphasized that the NYSC orientation in Maiduguri is a hallmark of the state’s peace restoration after thirteen years of non-existence.

The CP met with the Secretary to the State Government, Hon Tijjani Bukar, and the state coordinator of the NYSC, Mr Mohammed Jiya Adamu, to discuss ways to ensure a smooth camping experience.

“The CP also assured them of an adequate and strategic deployment of police personnel at the camp’s entry, exit, and other strategic locations.”

Corps members deployed to Borno remained in Katsina during the camp’s closure.

Mobilisation, deployment, redeployment free, says NYSC

The National Youth Service Corps has urged prospective corps members, corps-producing institutions and corps members to report any infractions on the deployment and relocation policies of the scheme.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC, Eddy Megwa.

According to the statement, redeployment, mobilisation and deployment of corps members were all free of charge under the deployment and relocation policies of the scheme.

The scheme, therefore, urged corps members and their institutions to report any infractions against the policies to NYSC formations across the country, its National Directorate Headquarters in Abuja, or any other security agencies, for prompt action.