About 90, 000 graduates of various higher institutions of learning across the country have been mobilized for the 2010 batch “A” National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation course, which commences 9-30 March, 2010.
The Director-General of the Scheme, Brig. General Marharazu Tsiga made this disclosure during a courtesy visit to the Minister of Youth Development, Senator Akinlabi Olasunkanmi, in Abuja.
“Out of the 90,000 who registered, about seventy candidates did their registration online and they are expected to get their call-up letters on-line.
NYSC has already commenced the implementation of e-registration.
Meanwhile, the Orientation Camp, which opened on Tuesday across the country, held its swearing-in ceremony yesterday and will last for three.
The programme, features parades, Man ‘O’ War drills, sports, dance, drama, beauty pageants with lectures delivered on different topics like entrepreneurship, self employment, and so on.
Prospective corps members should be aware that the NYSC programme runs for about 12 months and during that period, graduates of Universities and Polytechnic are deployed to serve in states that are not their state of origin.
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