Boko Haram: NYSC resumes orientation in Adamawa after three years suspension

The National Youth Service Corps has resumed orientation of corps members in Adamawa State after three years suspension due to insecurity caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the last orientation was held in Adamawa State in March 2013.
Speaking to NAN on Tuesday in Yola, the State Coordinator of the NYSC, Mohammed Abubakar, said 2,500 corps members were deployed to the state.
Abubakar said: “Registration of corps members started this Tuesday morning by 7am and you can see they are trooping in; we are expecting 2,500 corps members.”
Abubakar said that adequate security has been put in place with about 300 officials from the Army, Police, Department of State Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and NYSC.
He explained that the Adamawa State 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.
He said: “I want the corps members to understand that this is a borrowed camp and should therefore bear with the available facilities.”
While lauding the Adamawa State Government for it support towards a successful orientation, the coordinator urged the people of the state to continue to support and show hospitality to corps members.