66,000 eligible graduates mobilized to participate in the 2020 Batch B service year are to undergo COVID-19 test before admission into the orientation camps set to reopen on Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said course officials are also mandated to undergo the test
This was disclosed on Monday by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim at a briefing held in Abuja,
The event was held in preparation for the 2020 Batch B Orientation Course with compliance with COVID-19 guidelines.
The Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also at the event appealed to prospective corps members and officials to take personal responsibility, shun complacency, saying the second wave of the virus is not inevitable but can be prevented.