By Gbenga Abulude
The Federal Government has approved the reopening of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camps
nationwide.
FG said handlers of NYSC should make preparations towards the reopening.
Recall that the national orientation
camps scattered across the country had been shut down since March, as part of measures to curb the spread of the Covid-19 disease.
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, on Thursday, during a briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja, said the task force was in the process of developing guidelines in order to prevent the outbreak of infections when NYSC camps reopen.
He 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 institutions open.
“We are in the process of developing strict guidelines to ensure there is no outbreak of Covid-19 when this process starts”.
NYSC Director-General, Brig. General Shuaibu Ibrahim, said they had made preparations to ensure safe and efficient conduct of its operations as soon as the federal government approved the reopening of its camps.
Ibrahim said, in view of the possibility of complete lifting of lockdown, the NYSC management had mapped out strategies and these would be presented to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 through the Nigeria Centre for Disease Centre (NCDC).
