NYSC is here again, and we bring you a comprehensive list of things you'll be needing for the three weeks.
There's
only one way you must never show up at NYSC camp: unprepared. Take all
these things with you and you'll never have problems, hopefully. Now
make a checklist and tick the following things as you get them in your
travelling bag.
1. Your credentials are very important.
Your credentials here will be all your documents to prove that you
belong in the camp you've been posted to. You should go with your NYSC Call-Up letter, School certificates or Statement of Result, and your School ID Card. If you're a Native Medical doctor or Pharmacist, you must show up with an original certificate from the Nigerian Medical Council or the pharmaceutical or optometrist alternatives. That evidence of housemanship or internship is also important.
Important to note: Do not laminate any documents
2. Gear up.
Most
of what you'll get in camp from the NYSC officials will be ridiculously
poor quality, or too big, or too small. Better to go
prepared so you don't look like a clown for three weeks. T-shirts should be in your bag already, shorts, tennis shoes, socks, all white. You'll be needing underwear (obviously), bed sheets, mosquito nets. Slippers, cosmetics, and basic personal effects that should last three weeks will do you a lot of good.
Other important things include eating utensils, padlocks, torchlights. In fact, just pack as if you're moving to a new house.
3. Stack up on the cash.
Except
for your credentials, money helps you travel light. Most of the other
things you'll be needing in camp can be bought at the Mammy Market
(that's what the market in camp is called, by the way). Just know that
it will be slightly more expensive than what you'll get outside.
4. Are you good to go?
Now, take a look at all these things again. Do you have everything in check? If you do, then you're good to go.
There's something everyone who goes to camp knows.
NYSC officials scream, "ARE YOU GOOD TO GO?!". The corpers respond with "GOOD TO GO, GOOD TO GO, GOOD TO GO."
CREDIT: Fu'ad Lawal