The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has resumed orientation of corp members in Adamawa after three years suspension due to insecurity caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the last orientation was held in Adamawa in March 2013.
Speaking to NAN on Tuesday in Yola, the State Coordinator of NYSC, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, said 2, 500 corps members were deployed to the state.
“Registration of corp members started this Tuesday morning by 7 am and you can see they are trooping in; we are expecting 2, 500 corp members.”
Abubakar said that adequate security has been put in place with about 300 officials from the Army, Police, Department of State Security, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp and NYSC.
He explained that Adamawa Government has provided the facility of Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, as a temporary camp pending the final evacuation of the Internally Displaced Persons at the permanent orientation camp in Damare.
“I want the corps members to understand that this is a borrowed camp and should therefore bear with the available facilities,” he said.
While lauding Adamawa government for it support towards a successful orientation, the coordinator urged the people of Adamawa to continue to support and show hospitality to corp members.
Late December 2016, President Muhammadu Buhari declared victory over the Islamist terrorist group after Nigerian troops announced that they have recaptured Camp Zero in Sambisa forest, the base of the deadliest terrorist group in the world.
The Nigerian Army later presented the president with the flag belonging to the terrorist group in a “mission accomplished” ceremony.
Since the declaration a week ahead of Christmas Day 2016, Boko Haram has launched a number of deadly attacks in the North Eastern region of the country where the terrorists have murdered at least 50,000 since they began their campaign to establish an Islamic caliphate in the country.
Additional reports by News Agency of Nigeria
