The National Youth Service Corps has warned prospective corps members for the 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream 2 orientation course to avoid coming to camp with fake COVID-19 documents for registration.
The warning was given in a statement issued by the NYSC Director (Press and Public Relations), Adenike Adeyemi on Tuesday.
He said its Director-General, Brig-Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, gave the warning during a live webinar jointly hosted by the NYSC and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in preparation for the orientation course.
He stated that anyone caught with a fake COVID-19 document in camp would be handed over to the law enforcement agents for prosecution
Ibrahim also noted that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of all NYSC orientation camps across the country.
He tasked corp members to ensure that they are good and law-abiding citizens. He also reiterated that violators of the COVID-19 safety guidelines will be decamped.
Adding that only those who test negative will be allowed into the camp while those that test positive would be handed over to NCDC officials for treatment and management, he urged all camp participants to get the COVID-19 vaccine before coming to camp and also be prepared to undergo COVID-19 test.
He also advised the prospective corps members against embarking on night journeys but instead they should pass the night in NYSC Secretariat, military barracks, corps lodge or other safe places.
Ibrahim also warned the prospective corps members against the negative use of social media but should instead,
use social media to further promote the unity of the country.
