Official NYSC Camp Registration Requirements:
1. CALL UP LETTER: This is a vital part of camp
registration and the only evidence that you are a
prospective corps member (colloq. Corper, or
Otondo) and you are not impersonating anyone. This
will be taken from and not returned to you. So if at all
you even forget you luggage (lol) never forget this.
Tip: DO NOT LAMINATE IT! And keep it like its your
life. I know someone who was sent back because she
forgot hers. Also someone who had to beg and beg
before his letter was collected because he laminated
his own copy. So please avoid all these stress and
make enough copies of this letter.
2. Registration Documents: Foreign graduates
should take along important registration documents
used in registering at Abuja. —> The List here
3. Final Year Student Identity CARD
4. Notification/Statement of Result from School
5. PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS: This is very important.
Take as many as you can, about 20 in red
backgrounds. You would need them at every
registration point mostly. Then those of you who
would likely redeploy or join one group or the other
in camp, you would need more than others.
6. PHOTOCOPIES OF YOUR DOCUMENTS: Now make
about 5-10 copies of every document required. There
would be photocopiers in camp at mammy market
but trust me, it is double the price and it saves time.
Tip: The forms that will be handed to you are very
easy to fill. Attach your passport where necessary
and fill them correctly. After your registration, you
will be issued with your State Code Number. This will
be like your PIN throughout your Service Year.
PART 2:
7. CERTIFICATES/LICENSES: For Doctors,
Pharmacists, Nurses & Lab Scientists, take along your
proof of certification.
8. STATIONERY: PEN, PAPER, GUM, TIPPEX. Yeah
this saves time and lots of unnecessary begging.
Tip: Some camps do seize staplers at the gate during
check-in. So do not forget to include pins in your
stapler if you are taking that along.
Tip: After getting your NYSC State Code Number, you
can proceed to claim your NYSC Kit and Mattress
after which you can proceed to get a Room. After you
have gotten your kit and secured a place in the
hostels, you can settle down and you are good to go
to start the Military parades.
Now, Your NYSC kit should contain 1 NYSC Crested
Vest, A pair of Khaki Trousers, Cap and Jacket, 2
White T-shirts, 2 Pairs of Knickers, 2 pairs of
green-stripped Stockings, A Pair of Orange Jungle
Boots and One Pair of White Converse. A “Belt” is
also included.
DAILY NEEDS:
9. ROUND-NECKED WHITE T-SHIRTS: This is an
essential outfit in camp in fact in most camps this is
the only allowed cloth to be worn throughout your 3
weeks. Even to church, you might not be allowed to
wear colored cloths. You would be given 2 pairs of
white t-shirts at camp to just fulfill all righteousness
which surely would never be your size especially our
very slim and small otondo in size . So you can bring
extra pairs (6). Why? Because you probably wont
have time to wash during the week after being
stressed out from the parades and Man-O-War drills.
Tip: Do not carry more than 2 pairs of colored
clothes because you wont need it.
10. WHITE SHORTS: I beg you please do bring yours.
you would also be given 2 pairs of shorts which are
really poor in material. They tear easily and it can be
annoying. So my dear Otondos bring like 4 pairs of
shorts. Trust me also you wont like to wash everyday,
so bring enough to last you like 3 days so that you
wont be stranded.
11. PLAIN WHITE SNEAKERS/TENNIS SHOES: This is
a very important outfit. you would also be given an
ugly pair of low quality white tennis shoes
customized for NYSC. It’s either you are not given
your size although you can find someone with your
size and swap. But after the first wash it starts
tearing. So just buy yours (white). They also sell this
in camp, so in case you are not able to get you could
buy in camp just carry extra cash for that because
the price would be higher – as with everything in
Mammy – because they know you have no choice
than to buy. Now, If you happen to camp during the
rainy season (Batch ‘B’ & ‘C’), get white rubber
sneakers/boots especially if you’re posted to the
Southern part of the country . The parade fields/
mammy market might be messed up after the rains.
You will get this in camp.
12. WHITE SOCKS: Just get extra pairs.
13. MOSQUITO TREATED NET: You would do not
want to fall sick in camp from malaria. Just bring
yours. Also bring ropes you would use to hang it. I
also used mine as a room to protect my box and
properties from thieves and also from some insects
and ants.
14. BASIC DRUGS: Like Panadol or paracetamol,
medicine for your allergies, menstrual pain relief
drug, nausea relief drugs, antibiotics e.t.c. The camp
clinic is sometimes inadequately stocked with drugs
so help yourself.
True story – A corper from the previous batch
donated at least a million Naira worth of medicine to
our (Lagos) camp clinic, and barely a few days later,
they claimed to have run out of medicine.
15. PADLOCKS: [BRING or BUY from Mammy] Please
lock your boxes and bags to avoid regrets and tears. I
know someone who lost more than 5 items including
his two phones – like he’s the only one in camp.
16. WAIST POUCH: /Fanny pack/Bum bag (or for
the more fashion-conscious, a cross-body purse).
The bum bags are more popular because they won’t
bang against you when you’re active and your hands
are free to do whatever. You need it to carry your
money, phone, small valuables, pens, etc around
with you at all times. You should sleep with it too.
17. BEVERAGE: The camp will supply u with “Tea-
water” so you can make tea when u need to!
18. DETTOL : This is very, very essential. Firstly the
bathrooms can be very annoying and dirty and more
importantly, you would not like to have infection
from camp. Bad idea. Depending on your camp, the
water can be dirty. Most people always have reaction
to it.
19. DETERGENT: [BUY from Mammy.] Again, this
reduces the amount of load you’re bringing into
camp. However, if you’re lucky the mammy market
will have vendors offering laundry services! It costs
about N50 per item, N100 for your khaki trousers or
shirt, extra N50 if you want your items pressed.
Tip: The Bucket: Buy this in Mammy. Don’t stress
yourself taking one to Camp, which you’re probably
going to leave behind after 3 weeks.
Toiletries: Toilet Paper, Sanitary Pad, soap dish etc.
BUY in Mammy.
20. TOWELS
21. A PAIR OF SLIPPERS: [BRING or BUY]
22. Bed sheets, Pillow Cases and A Pillow. You
could also get pillow from mammy market to reduce
load.
Tip: Mattresses will be provided by NYSC. It is best to
“double up” with the mattresses, as they are about 1
to 2 inches thick. Lol.
23. HANDKERCHIEF. There will be BUCKETS of
sweating. Do yourself a favor.
24. FLASHLIGHT OR RECHARGEABLE LAMPS:
[BRING or BUY] Most camps, or in fact, all camps do
not give light except at a specific time of the day. It’s
very essential especially at night when you need to
use the bathroom, early in the morning when
preparing for morning drills and meditations and at
night in case you need to do anything. At the mammy
market, there is always light till they close, usually
10pm except on days like the Camp Fire Night. You
can charge them there at a little fee.
Tip: You will be fed three times a day in camp but I
must not lie to you, the food there is nothing to write
home about. They can be nice on few occasions like
Sundays, but most days, they are poor. If you are
someone who loves to eat good food, make
provisions for your own food. You should get some
fast foods along, some breakfast cereals and
beverages. You should also hold extra cash to eat at
the Mammy market. You will get good meals there.
25. PLATE, BOWL AND CUP: [BRING or BUY] For
eating. Important for those who intend on eating
Camp food.
26. Some form of entertainment: Novels – for
those who get bored easily, please carry some. And
for guys PSP or chess. also iPod your and MP3
players for audiophiles.
27. Your Ray-Ban sunglasses for the sun. And if you
can’t afford that, get a Ray-Bon. LoL
28. Get extra phone batter(ies) and extra
Network SIMs. Some network are not available at
some camps in remote locations far from towns.
Once you get your call-up letter, you can find out
(from serving corpers or tweet at me @_NYSC) which
network has the best reception at your destination
camp. If you need data access, find out if that
available also. Instagramers and keekers, if you get
EDGE thank your stars.
29. CASH: Extremely important. You would need
about N15,000. Then between N20,000 – N30,000 to
be ‘just’ comfortable. For those that can manage, say,
N10,000 – N15,000. There are lots of things that take
up money. Things like food (for those who don’t
intend eating camp food), drinks, recharge cards,
charging of phones, laundry, pleasures e.t.c
Tip: You wont be allowed to leave camp. So do not
be stranded, trust me it’s not a good idea. Just
budget 1000 per day. You could take your ATM card
along, incase. (This might sound counter-intuitive
since there might not be any ATM in camp and you
are not allowed to leave camp. But figure it out…)
You can keep you extra cash with the Accounts
Department (as the case was in my camp) while
some shops offer POS services, you still have access
to extra cash whenever you need it.
If you have a camera you can take it along because
you will want to snap a lot of scenes. If you have a
Smartphone with great camera, that’s good for you
because you can easily take and share photos on
social networks.
Tip: If you don’t have any of those, you will have to
pay some guys on camp who do that as business to
follow you around and snap you wherever you go.
They might charge up to N2,000 for the duration of
the camping. They should give you all your photos
and videos in DVDs at the end of Camping. Or you
could wait till the last day of leaving camp and snap
at a cheaper rate.

Thanks for this really helpful post

thanks for the info

you're all welcome

Nice info. Wishing all my guys well. Dubem, Joshua, Daisy, Pj etc.

God's speed all the way

danduchi: Official NYSC Camp Registration Requirements:
1. CALL UP LETTER: This is a vital part of camp
registration and the only evidence that you are a
prospective corps member (colloq. Corper, or
Otondo) and you are not impersonating anyone. This
will be taken from and not returned to you. So if at all
you even forget you luggage (lol) never forget this.
Tip: DO NOT LAMINATE IT! And keep it like its your
life. I know someone who was sent back because she
forgot hers. Also someone who had to beg and beg
before his letter was collected because he laminated
his own copy. So please avoid all these stress and
make enough copies of this letter.
2. Registration Documents: Foreign graduates
should take along important registration documents
used in registering at Abuja. —> The List here
3. Final Year Student Identity CARD
4. Notification/Statement of Result from School
5. PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPHS: This is very important.
Take as many as you can, about 20 in red
backgrounds. You would need them at every
registration point mostly. Then those of you who
would likely redeploy or join one group or the other
in camp, you would need more than others.
6. PHOTOCOPIES OF YOUR DOCUMENTS: Now make
about 5-10 copies of every document required. There
would be photocopiers in camp at mammy market
but trust me, it is double the price and it saves time.
Tip: The forms that will be handed to you are very
easy to fill. Attach your passport where necessary
and fill them correctly. After your registration, you
will be issued with your State Code Number. This will
be like your PIN throughout your Service Year.
PART 2:
7. CERTIFICATES/LICENSES: For Doctors,
Pharmacists, Nurses & Lab Scientists, take along your
proof of certification.
8. STATIONERY: PEN, PAPER, GUM, TIPPEX. Yeah
this saves time and lots of unnecessary begging.
Tip: Some camps do seize staplers at the gate during
check-in. So do not forget to include pins in your
stapler if you are taking that along.
Tip: After getting your NYSC State Code Number, you
can proceed to claim your NYSC Kit and Mattress
after which you can proceed to get a Room. After you
have gotten your kit and secured a place in the
hostels, you can settle down and you are good to go
to start the Military parades.
Now, Your NYSC kit should contain 1 NYSC Crested
Vest, A pair of Khaki Trousers, Cap and Jacket, 2
White T-shirts, 2 Pairs of Knickers, 2 pairs of
green-stripped Stockings, A Pair of Orange Jungle
Boots and One Pair of White Converse. A “Belt” is
also included.
DAILY NEEDS:
9. ROUND-NECKED WHITE T-SHIRTS: This is an
essential outfit in camp in fact in most camps this is
the only allowed cloth to be worn throughout your 3
weeks. Even to church, you might not be allowed to
wear colored cloths. You would be given 2 pairs of
white t-shirts at camp to just fulfill all righteousness
which surely would never be your size especially our
very slim and small otondo in size . So you can bring
extra pairs (6). Why? Because you probably wont
have time to wash during the week after being
stressed out from the parades and Man-O-War drills.
Tip: Do not carry more than 2 pairs of colored
clothes because you wont need it.
10. WHITE SHORTS: I beg you please do bring yours.
you would also be given 2 pairs of shorts which are
really poor in material. They tear easily and it can be
annoying. So my dear Otondos bring like 4 pairs of
shorts. Trust me also you wont like to wash everyday,
so bring enough to last you like 3 days so that you
wont be stranded.
11. PLAIN WHITE SNEAKERS/TENNIS SHOES: This is
a very important outfit. you would also be given an
ugly pair of low quality white tennis shoes
customized for NYSC. It’s either you are not given
your size although you can find someone with your
size and swap. But after the first wash it starts
tearing. So just buy yours (white). They also sell this
in camp, so in case you are not able to get you could
buy in camp just carry extra cash for that because
the price would be higher – as with everything in
Mammy – because they know you have no choice
than to buy. Now, If you happen to camp during the
rainy season (Batch ‘B’ & ‘C’), get white rubber
sneakers/boots especially if you’re posted to the
Southern part of the country . The parade fields/
mammy market might be messed up after the rains.
You will get this in camp.
12. WHITE SOCKS: Just get extra pairs.
13. MOSQUITO TREATED NET: You would do not
want to fall sick in camp from malaria. Just bring
yours. Also bring ropes you would use to hang it. I
also used mine as a room to protect my box and
properties from thieves and also from some insects
and ants.
14. BASIC DRUGS: Like Panadol or paracetamol,
medicine for your allergies, menstrual pain relief
drug, nausea relief drugs, antibiotics e.t.c. The camp
clinic is sometimes inadequately stocked with drugs
so help yourself.
True story – A corper from the previous batch
donated at least a million Naira worth of medicine to
our (Lagos) camp clinic, and barely a few days later,
they claimed to have run out of medicine.
15. PADLOCKS: [BRING or BUY from Mammy] Please
lock your boxes and bags to avoid regrets and tears. I
know someone who lost more than 5 items including
his two phones – like he’s the only one in camp.
16. WAIST POUCH: /Fanny pack/Bum bag (or for
the more fashion-conscious, a cross-body purse).
The bum bags are more popular because they won’t
bang against you when you’re active and your hands
are free to do whatever. You need it to carry your
money, phone, small valuables, pens, etc around
with you at all times. You should sleep with it too.
17. BEVERAGE: The camp will supply u with “Tea-
water” so you can make tea when u need to!
18. DETTOL : This is very, very essential. Firstly the
bathrooms can be very annoying and dirty and more
importantly, you would not like to have infection
from camp. Bad idea. Depending on your camp, the
water can be dirty. Most people always have reaction
to it.
19. DETERGENT: [BUY from Mammy.] Again, this
reduces the amount of load you’re bringing into
camp. However, if you’re lucky the mammy market
will have vendors offering laundry services! It costs
about N50 per item, N100 for your khaki trousers or
shirt, extra N50 if you want your items pressed.
Tip: The Bucket: Buy this in Mammy. Don’t stress
yourself taking one to Camp, which you’re probably
going to leave behind after 3 weeks.
Toiletries: Toilet Paper, Sanitary Pad, soap dish etc.
BUY in Mammy.
20. TOWELS
21. A PAIR OF SLIPPERS: [BRING or BUY]
22. Bed sheets, Pillow Cases and A Pillow. You
could also get pillow from mammy market to reduce
load.
Tip: Mattresses will be provided by NYSC. It is best to
“double up” with the mattresses, as they are about 1
to 2 inches thick. Lol.
23. HANDKERCHIEF. There will be BUCKETS of
sweating. Do yourself a favor.
24. FLASHLIGHT OR RECHARGEABLE LAMPS:
[BRING or BUY] Most camps, or in fact, all camps do
not give light except at a specific time of the day. It’s
very essential especially at night when you need to
use the bathroom, early in the morning when
preparing for morning drills and meditations and at
night in case you need to do anything. At the mammy
market, there is always light till they close, usually
10pm except on days like the Camp Fire Night. You
can charge them there at a little fee.
Tip: You will be fed three times a day in camp but I
must not lie to you, the food there is nothing to write
home about. They can be nice on few occasions like
Sundays, but most days, they are poor. If you are
someone who loves to eat good food, make
provisions for your own food. You should get some
fast foods along, some breakfast cereals and
beverages. You should also hold extra cash to eat at
the Mammy market. You will get good meals there.
25. PLATE, BOWL AND CUP: [BRING or BUY] For
eating. Important for those who intend on eating
Camp food.
26. Some form of entertainment: Novels – for
those who get bored easily, please carry some. And
for guys PSP or chess. also iPod your and MP3
players for audiophiles.
27. Your Ray-Ban sunglasses for the sun. And if you
can’t afford that, get a Ray-Bon. LoL
28. Get extra phone batter(ies) and extra
Network SIMs. Some network are not available at
some camps in remote locations far from towns.
Once you get your call-up letter, you can find out
(from serving corpers or tweet at me @_NYSC) which
network has the best reception at your destination
camp. If you need data access, find out if that
available also. Instagramers and keekers, if you get
EDGE thank your stars.
29. CASH: Extremely important. You would need
about N15,000. Then between N20,000 – N30,000 to
be ‘just’ comfortable. For those that can manage, say,
N10,000 – N15,000. There are lots of things that take
up money. Things like food (for those who don’t
intend eating camp food), drinks, recharge cards,
charging of phones, laundry, pleasures e.t.c
Tip: You wont be allowed to leave camp. So do not
be stranded, trust me it’s not a good idea. Just
budget 1000 per day. You could take your ATM card
along, incase. (This might sound counter-intuitive
since there might not be any ATM in camp and you
are not allowed to leave camp. But figure it out…)
You can keep you extra cash with the Accounts
Department (as the case was in my camp) while
some shops offer POS services, you still have access
to extra cash whenever you need it.
If you have a camera you can take it along because
you will want to snap a lot of scenes. If you have a
Smartphone with great camera, that’s good for you
because you can easily take and share photos on
social networks.
Tip: If you don’t have any of those, you will have to
pay some guys on camp who do that as business to
follow you around and snap you wherever you go.
They might charge up to N2,000 for the duration of
the camping. They should give you all your photos
and videos in DVDs at the end of Camping. Or you
could wait till the last day of leaving camp and snap
at a cheaper rate.

just what I needed. God bless you

nice, but you should've included your source. dont take the glory for someone else's effort!

Thanks for the info..

kendraloops: nice, but you should've included your source. dont take the glory for someone else's effort!

. lolz u nor well o kendra.. Shey u know sha

@poster, thanks for the hint

Do they allow people to use ankle socks or just 'normal' one