The Federal Government Has Given the go ahead for the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) to begin preparations of reopening of orientation camps Nationwide which were shut down in March as part of measures to control the spread of COVID-19.
Dr Sani Aliyu, National Coordinator of the presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 said ; "For the National Youth Service Corps, the NYSC is to consolidate on safety measures currently being put in place and start preparing for the reopening of orientation camps when educational background institutions open.
"We are in the process of developing strict guidelines to ensure there is no outbreak of COVID-19 when this process starts."
The development comes nearly 6 months after the NYSC had suspended Orientation exercise in all camps Nationwide over COVID-19 fears.
In March,the scheme had asked all the 2020 batch A stream 1 corps members to proceed to their places of primary assignment.
It added that " they shall be invited back to the orientation camps when the situation improves,just like it happened few years ago when the nation was confronted by the Ebola virus threat."
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