Anthony Iwuoma
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied reports that it had put on hold the 2020 Batch ‘A’ orientation programmes slated to commence nationwide on March 10.
A statement by Director, Press and Public Relations of the NYSC, Adenike Adeyemi, said the reports were a hoax and mischievous, restating that the camping would commence irrespective of the fears over Coronavirus.
The statement urged the Prospective Corp Members (PCM) not to panic, assuring them of preventive measures put in place at all camps.
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It read in part, “The management of the Scheme wishes to assure Nigerians, especially the Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) that like it happened during the outbreak of Ebola virus, a hemorrhagic fever with devastating consequences, the Corps has been in liaison with the Federal Ministry of Health.
“As a proactive action, it has put in place certain preventive measures in the thirty – seven Orientation Camps of the Scheme, in order to guard against the contraction of the highly contagious virus by the corps members.
“In addition to the above strategy, the NYSC Secretariats had since stepped up the sensitisation of serving corps members, as well as other Nigerians on things to know about the virus, particularly the preventive measures to be adopted.
“Accordingly, management wishes to emphatically state that the Orientation Course for the 2020 Batch ‘A’ corps members shall hold nationwide as earlier publicised.
“Kindly disregard the hoax created by mischief-makers to cause unnecessary anxiety among the PCMs.”
