Ebola: NYSC suspends orientation in six states

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="single-post-thumb" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="•NYSC members" class="attachment-slider wp-post-image" data-cfsrc="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NYSC-members-620x330.jpg" height="330" src="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/NYSC-members-620x330.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 620px;" width="620" /></span></div> <div class="single-post-caption" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 5px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">•NYSC members</span></div> <div class="post-inner" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 20px 0px;"> <h1 class="name post-title entry-title" itemprop="itemReviewed" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Thing" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <span itemprop="name" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ebola: NYSC suspends orientation in six states</span></span></h1> <div class="clear" style="border: 0px none; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> </div> <div class="entry" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="pf-content" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the suspension of scheduled stream two orientation programme of the 2014 Batch ‘B’ Orientation in six states billed to start on Monday September 1 due to the dreaded Ebola virus disease in the country.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Director General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Johnson olawumi who announced the decision in Kubwa Orientation Camp in the Federal Capital Territory said the corps members deployed to Adamawa, Bauchi, Jigawa, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe States will be affected by the directive.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Olawumi however assured the prospective corps members that they would not suffer unduly as the NYSC would ensure that they were not cheated in any way by staying longer than necessary at home.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It would be recalled that the Stream Two exercise, meant for the affected northern states, is scheduled for Monday, September 1, to Monday, September 22.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Corps members posted to Adamawa State will have their orientation programme in Niger; Bauchi corps members are expected to resume in Plateau State orientation camp, while those posted to Borno State are to proceed to the Nasarawa State camp.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other affected states are Gombe, where corps members are expected to serve in Benue, with Jigawa State corps members expected to have their orientation programme in Kaduna.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Corps members posted to Yobe State are expected to resume at the Federal Capital Territory Orientation camp.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Ebola: NYSC suspends orientation in six states

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