COVID-19: FG to Shut Down NYSC Camps.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp where the state government refused to comply with all COVID-19 protocols, the Federal Government has threatened to shut it all down.
On Monday, the Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19, NAN reports.
According to the Youth Minister, over 700 corps members from the current batch tested positive for coronavirus.
Further, revealing that the cases are from over 22,000 participants tested, Sunday Dare noted that it had become necessary that all safety protocols be adhered to in camps.
He said: “Any orientation camp that is not obeying the protocol will simply be closed as the NYSC cannot afford to risk the lives and health of corps members.”
