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18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by headmasta: 6:33pm On May 04, 2017 |
1. Prepare Your Mind: First and foremost, you need to prepare your mind that you are leaving home for a regimented life in the camp. Life in the camp is deliberately made stressful so as to prepare you for any challenge that may confront you outside the camp. You will not find it too comfortable, It’s a camp and not your Father’s house! Just be ready for anything. 2. Itemize All Your Needs Using A Scale Of Preference (very important ones first): 1. Very Important Ones a. Statement of Result b. School ID Card c. Passport photographs (30 copies, Surplus is better than inadequacy) d. Call-Up Letter (DO NOT laminate it please) e. A Clear Bag file (To house the above items) NB: Get 10 photocopies each of items A,B, and D above. The copies may be surplus. 2. Important Ones (For your Convenience) a. Stapler, pin and office gum (will save you the stress of ‘borrow-me’) b. Two or three white T-shirts and shorts (You will be given two sets but you may not like the quality) c. Two or three pairs of socks and a white rubber tennis shoes (for rainy days) d. Bathroom slippers and Dettol f. Two plastic buckets (You can buy it in the camp but it will be more expensive) and a permanent marker g. Sponge and its case, bath-soap and detergent h. Bedsheet, towel and wrapper and two pairs of casual wear i. Mosquito Net (not compulsory) j. Handkerchiefs (very important especially for those that sweat) k. Waist bag (very very important for housing your phones, ID Cards, Handkerchief, biros, etc) l. Novels m. Small-sized Torchlight/Rechargeable lamp (small one please) n. Your ATM card(s) o. Cooler cup and spoon p. Phone and charger [WITH YOUR PHONE WITH YOU, YOU CAN MAKE EXTRA CASH WHILE IN CAMP. q. Beverages r. Ladies could add any other few conveniences. I believe you understand me s. Money! Money! Money! Hold good cash please depending on how you spend 3. Go Early: Please, no matter how close the camp might be to your street, enable to go early. If you are posted to a far state, go the day before the camp opens. They will allow you in. Going late will make you go through registration stress. Be warned! 4. Screening: The screening starts at the gate, where your loads are open and thoroughly search. They don’t want you to bring in prohibited items like iron, knives, bombs, etc. 5. Registration: The first registration will certainly be for hostel/bedspace, where you;ll be given tags to identify with. Then the paper registrations proper follows. try as much as possible to make everything available. Look out for information pasted on walls. Follow instructions strictly. 6. Your Kits: During the registration, you will get all your kits (shirts, shorts and shoes). Use the marker to write your Code Number (CN) on them ‘sharp-sharp” You will also be given a tag that will show your CN. That will be your ID Card temporarily. You take it everywhere in camp. You will be given a meal ticket. Misplace it and forget about NYSC food. 7. Duration: You will be in the camp for 20 full days. The 21st day is the day you will be leaving the camp. 8. No Room For Casual Wears: Immediately you have your kits, only your T-shirt and shorts with the tennis shoe are allowed on you. No room for casual wears. Parade/marching training starts immediately. The soldiers will not give you breathing space at all. You will have the first one that same Day One. Watch Out! people could be fainting on the Parade Ground. You won’t faint, calm down… So eat well. It’s the stress that causes their fainting. 9. Morning Regimented Programme: A small trumpet wakes you at 4am. Everybody gathers at the Parade Ground (PG) at 4:30am. You have your praise, worship and prayer the Christian and Muslim ways. After the morning admonitions, by 7am, breakfast follows! After eating, you will be called out again for the series of programmes lined up for you. Then you have your lunch. Rest a little and you are out again for evening parade. Then later your dinner. This will repeat itself everyday perhaps except on Sunday. 10. Hate The Food And Feed Yourselves At Your Costs: You may not like the food. You can always go to the Mammy Market (MM) i.e the Camp Market to fill your ‘tank’ with delicacies at your cost. 11. Stealing: Stealing is prevalently prevailing at the Camp. This is ‘legalised’. They can steal anything. Be wise. 12. Soldiers: Please i beckon on you all to respect and obey them. although they are not permitted to beat you, however, they can punish you. No walking, its all jogging when they call you. Don’t prostrate or kneel down greeting a soldier. Do it the soldier way. They could be friendly anyway. 13. Allawe: Your first allowance (#19, 800) will be given to you in the camp, and it will be in cash. All other ones will be through the bank. You will also get Bicycle Allowance. 14. Photography: Photographers are going to be everywhere ready to snap you, please be prudent in spending. 15. By Now Your Done With Camp And Going To Your Place Of Primary Assignment: You will be posted from the camp to where you will work. The place you work in is called your Place of Primary Assignment (PPA). Hear this: most Corps members, I mean about 90% of the Corpers will be posted to schools (especially primary and secondary schools). Only VERY FEW will be posted to the universities, polytechnics and Colleges. Please! Don’t lobby for your posting. Don’t pay anybody for assistance. Pray rather than pay. Gone are the days when Corps Members are posted to Banks and Co. Receive the shocking or expected postings as you receive your letters with joy. It’s a clarion call to service; that’s what dey call it. 16. Transportation Out Of Camp: When you get your Posting Letter, the first place to go to is your PPA. If you are identified with the Fellowship in camp, you may first report at the temporary lodge they will provide. Then you could report at your PPA later same day or the following day. Please, when you leave the camp, home- sweet-home will be on your mind, having been used up in the camp. But please, don’t go home straight. Please! Very few of your employers (i.e. PPAs) will send down vehicles to convey you from the camp to their workplaces. Private and some Govt higher education institutions do. The Fellowship too make arrangement for you at your cost. Commercial transporters will likely be available at the gate too. Be wise. 17. Accommodation At PPA: You don’t know anybody in Benue or Kogi! Where will you sleep on the first day? The Fellowship may give you a temporary accommodation pending the time you will have to get yours. You could be lucky if your employer gives you a room. Many of them don’t give Corpers accommodation anyway. So be prepared to rent one at your cost. Your first ‘allowee’ which you received in the camp is already going down! 18. Clearance: This is why you don’t have to go home straight. Your registration (clearance) at the NYSC Office in the Local Govt you will be posted to is important. Failure to complete it before going home is the beginning of your problem. He may begin to have problems with his subsequent monthly allowances. Do all registrations first. Then you can take permission to go home. Long process! You will know why it’s so. Well, I hope these few tips will go a long way to help you. In order to ensure a seamless registration process, printing of call-up letters and so on, prospective corps members are urged to visit these NYSC sites below: www.nysc.gov.ng www.nysc.org.ng www.portal.nysc.gov.ng Best of lucks!!! 55 Likes 11 Shares
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Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by SuperSuave(m): 6:49pm On May 04, 2017 |
I've read this before, thanks anyways. 3 Likes |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Sirhethat12(f): 11:21pm On May 04, 2017 |
nice 3 Likes |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by opethom(m): 10:56am On May 05, 2017 |
Thanks for this 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by MrTee007: 11:04am On May 05, 2017 |
Thanks. But which one is gamespay.com again? How does the site work? Did you make money from it while you were in camp? 1 Like |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by headmasta: 1:18pm On May 05, 2017 |
MrTee007: It helps a lot, it's actually a new gaming platform. You play virtual games on your phone/laptop and win. quite easy |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by pleasureosondu(m): 2:17pm On May 05, 2017 |
headmasta:Like real cash? |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by echobazz: 3:05pm On May 05, 2017 |
nice one Op. I have not jogged for the past seven years, I hope I won't faint. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Nobody: 3:38pm On May 05, 2017 |
Only me and 2 girls left in my PPA, pls do and come quickly. Living with 2 ladies is not easy at all. 7 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by headmasta: 3:54pm On May 05, 2017 |
pleasureosondu: Absolutely |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Idogbeadeoluu(m): 4:58pm On May 06, 2017 |
what about the medical Certificate ?? is it only done at federal Hospital?? |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Lastborn07: 8:05pm On May 06, 2017 |
I'm thinking of going with my baby.... Please advise |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by CriticMaestro: 8:06pm On May 06, 2017 |
headmasta:Op can i wear white snickers, instead of tennis shoe? |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Blesschemical: 6:17pm On May 07, 2017 |
Pls how will i know if someone in camp was posted to the same PPA with me? |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by emyboy94: 2:26pm On May 08, 2017 |
u said atm cards. are there banks in camp? 1 Like |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by classicalhenry(m): 6:08pm On May 10, 2017 |
CriticMaestro:We need answer....Course I will like to have a snickers then the rubber in case of rain |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by CriticMaestro: 7:55pm On May 11, 2017 |
classicalhenry:me don buy my snickers o..no time |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Nobody: 8:47am On May 12, 2017 |
emyboy94:There are no banks but POS guys around the camp, they'll debit from your card and give you raw cash at an interest rate. For instance, if you want a debit of 5000, they will charge you 500 naira and give you 4,500. 10,000 for 1000, 20,000 for 2000. |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by hammariise(m): 4:33am On May 14, 2017 |
Thanks, very useful |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by RealDannie(m): 9:32pm On May 14, 2017 |
Can't forget how much I hated the sound of the beagle back in camp, buh my ppa is fun tho! Batch B, stream2 2016 ![]() Best of luck guys!
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Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by UgwuKristian: 9:33pm On May 14, 2017 |
Get enough condom in abundance, I don tell you, ![]() ![]() ![]() All this sexually starved girls will be fuckinn upandan at hidden places at night in orientation camps. 8 Likes
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Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by yeyeboi(m): 9:33pm On May 14, 2017 |
Ok |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Nobody: 9:34pm On May 14, 2017 |
safe return and good job |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by niqqaclaimz(m): 9:36pm On May 14, 2017 |
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Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by VickyRotex(f): 9:36pm On May 14, 2017 |
![]() ![]() I remember then, I came here for assistance. And a Nairalander was so kind to explain all I needed to do/get before setting out for Camp. Yinkard4me, you know I can never forget you, whenever I remember my NYSC journey. Merci Beaucoup!!! ![]() ![]() 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by PotatoSalad(m): 9:36pm On May 14, 2017 |
ok o |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by jaymejate: 9:36pm On May 14, 2017 |
you should also know that the gear of this country is in Reverse so don't expect govt to do everything 1 Like |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Flexherbal(m): 9:37pm On May 14, 2017 |
Nice one ! |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by Nobody: 9:38pm On May 14, 2017 |
All these photocopy na lie. Or should I say it depends on the state. Where I camped we didn't submit more than 1 or 2 photocopies. 1 Like |
Re: 18 Tips You Should Know Before Leaving Home For CAMP!!! by JJhealthycare: 9:40pm On May 14, 2017 |
Okay 1 Like |
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