Federal government to close down NYSC camps

By Oluchi Ihediuche

Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has threatened to shut down National Youth Service Corp NYSC orientation camps that fails to adher to Covid 19 Directives.

The miniater gave the warning during the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19.om Tuesday.

According to him, the NYSC would not allow youths be endangered, adding that those already deployed to any state affected would be redeployed to other places.

“It has become necessary that all safety protocols be adhered to, any orientation camp that is not obeying the protocol will simply be closed as the NYSC cannot afford to risk the lives and health of the Corps members,”

731 members of Batch B Corps members tested positive for COVID-19.

765 members of the current stream of Corps members out of the over 22,000 cases tested were confirmed positive.