2,200 Corps members open camp in Kaduna

A total of 2,200 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have been deployed to Kaduna State, the state Coordinator of the scheme, Bello Bulama, said in Kaduna.

He told newsmen on Tuesday that the corps members would undergo 21 days camping at the end of which they would be posted for their primary assignment.

The coordinator said during the camping, which began this Tuesday, the corps members would also undergo entrepreneurship training to prepare them for self-reliance.

On whether the  Ramadan fasting would affect the camping, Bulama said adequate consultations were made with Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria (MCAN) and all agreed to go ahead with the programme.

“We have adequate plan as usual to have smooth Ramadan period for those corps members that will be fasting.

” They will have their meals as when they want it. We also have provision for fruits and the drills are not fierce during the fasting.”