NYSC Orientation Camp:Basic Things You Need To Take Along With You NYSC Orientation Camp:Basic Things You Need To Take Along With You

REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS
On getting to the
Orientation camp, the first
thing that you will have to
do is to get registered.
This is very essential for
you to be admitted into
the camp. During the
registration exercise, you
are expected to provide
the following:
* Your Final Year Student
ID card
* The Notification Of
Result from your higher
Institution (ORIGINAL and
photocopies)
* Passport Photographs
(You might not need more
than 4 copies but its
better when you have
many copies with you)
* NYSC Call Up letter
(ORIGINAL with
photocopies)
During the registration
exercise, you will be given
some documents, which
you will have to fill, attach
your passport
photographs and submit
to the necessary officers.
The documents are easy to
fill and should in case you
don't understand some
part, I bet you will see
some people on ground
that will surely help you
out.
If you don't have your
final year ID card,
Notification of result and
call up letter with you,
don't be surprised if you
are sent back home. So,
get them handy. It's better
if you go with many
photocopies of those
stuffs because if
photocopying machine is
not yet available at the
camp during the time of
your registration, you will
be forced to go to town to
get them done. Will it
make sense to you, if
you spend N200 on
motorcycle
transportation all
because of N50 worth of
photocopies? Just think
about that. Trust me, once
those Okada men see that
you are a new OTONDO,
they will charge you so
high and you been a
stranger, am sure you
might just have to pay
them.
Once you complete your
registration, you will be
issued your STATE CODE,
which will be your unique
code all through your
service year.With this
code, you will then go
ahead to claim your
mattress and your NYSC
kits.You will then be
directed to your hostel
where you will stay all
through the Orientation
exercise. Once you locate
your hostel, the bunks
might be labeled, in that
case, find your bunk and
get settled. You can then
put on your NYSC kit, and
you are then good to
CAMP LIFE REQUIREMENTS
During your stay in camp
for three weeks, you are
not expected to put on
any kind of clothing
EXCEPT the NYSC kits that
will be supplied to you.
You will not be allowed to
put on any shirt
whatsoever, likewise, you
will not be allowed to put
on any other shoe, other
than the JUNGLE BOOT or
the white canvas that will
be supplied to you. Hence,
don't disturb yourself
packing all your wears to
camp UNLESS you have
decided not to travel
back home after the
orientation exercise.
Nevertheless, you can just
take few wears along with
you, should in case you
just feel like dressing
differently to church/
mosque services. On such
occasions, you MIGHT be
allowed to be in muftis.
More so, you can take
along with you, white
shirts and shorts and
probably white footwears
to serve as alternatives for
those that will be supplied
to you on camp. You
might have to buy these
on camp at high prices
from MAMI MARKET ( this
is the nickname for the
temporary market at NYSC
camps), should in case the
kits that will be supplied
to you DISSAPOINT you
after few days of putting
them on.
Having extra white vests/
shorts will also relief you
from having to wash the 2
pairs that will be supplied
to you, every day. Trust
me, once you go to that
field in the morning for all
those PARADE STUNTS, on
retiring back to your
hostel later in the day, the
white would have turned
WHITER...lol.
In addition, it is better if
you go along with your
cutleries, though you can
easily buy them from
MAMI market. You will
need also need to get a
big waist bag which you
can tie round your waist.
This will come handy
during parades, exercises
and even during the
endurance trek. During my
time, I went to camp with
one that was big enough
to carry my money,my
phones and even a bottle
of table water with some
biscuits (...smiles). Look at
the picture below, and see
what I mean.
If you want to live large
on camp, definitely, you
will have to go along with
some good cash.Your first
allowee will be paid to
you on camp, mostly
during the last week of
the orientation exercise.
You will also be paid your
bicycle allowance.
If you are the SWAGGA guy
type, be ready to spend
good cash on some ladies
that will be dragging you
to MAMI MARKET all in the
name of fun which might
end up with you not
getting anything back
from them all through the
camp period. So, it's better
you WISE UP and don't go
to camp to turn to a
LOCAL MAGA. Just a piece
of advice though....
If you have a digital
camera, you can also take
it along with you because
you will definitely have
lots of scenes to snap and
events to record. Your
camera phone will also do
the work for sure,just get
a big memory card handy.
You will see
photographers on ground
but trust me, those guys
can drain your wallet
within a twinkle of an eye
if you are not wise
enough, as they are so
good in snapping shots
you might find hard to
resist from paying for.
On the day of passing out,
those photographers give
out pictures at very cheap
prices, that's why some
Corpers prefer waiting for
the last day before
collecting their pictures.
This trick works best with
personal pictures
because GROUP pictures
are always on demand
and you might not get a
copy of such on the last
day.
Don't forget to carry your
MOSQUITO NET along with
you if you have one. No
need of going to camp
with your laptop, for
security reasons. Leave it
at home and you can later
go home to carry it to
your place of primary
assignment, after your
orientation camp.
More so,Series of
organizations and
individuals will come to
lecture you on diverse
topics,hence try and get
an exercise book handy
too because you might
need to write some stuffs
down during such lectures.
Just pray there is GPRS
service at your camp, if
not you might not be able
to access the internet for
the whole 3 weeks. If
there is at least GPRS
service, with your web
enabled mobile phone,
you should be able to
keep in contact with your
loved ones, keep surfing
the web, posting updates
on facebook and also
sending me updates on
how you are coping at
camp.
If you don't know much
about the state you are
posted to, I strongly
advice you to start asking
people for info about the
place. Such infos will be of
great value to you. More
so, I highly recommend
you travel as early as
possible, so as to be on
the safer side.
Well, let me stop here for
now....With this article of
mine, I am optimistic that
you are good to go. Just
abide by the camp rules,
and you will definitely
enjoy your stay on camp.
There are many fun
activities on camp and am
sure you will find them
interesting. Such activities
include parade, sports,
drama, broadcasting
services, Mr Macho, Beauty
Contest etc. You can also
be catching your fun in the
kitchen just like me, as
shown in the picture
below. (……bet you will
now be assuming that I
love food so
much