A video showing the living conditions of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members at the orientation camp in Shagamu, Ogun State, has sparked reactions online, with many Nigerians expressing concern over the state of the accommodation. The video, which has been circulating on social media, captured several graduates packed into an overcrowded room, with mattresses arranged closely together on the floor.
Some of the corps members were seen sharing small mattresses, with two people sleeping on each, leaving little space for movement within the room.
The footage has triggered criticism from social media users, many of whom questioned the accommodation arrangements provided for graduates undergoing the mandatory one-year national service.
Some Nigerians also compared the sleeping conditions to those of displaced persons in Gaza and inmates in Ecuadorian prisons, describing the situation as concerning.
Reacting to the video, an X user identified as Chude wrote, “Even people in IDP camps in Gaza are not living like this. We have serious problem in this country.”
Another commenter suggested that staying in a prison in Ecuador would be more comfortable than living at the NYSC orientation camp.
Watch the video below;
Reacting, one @RamonOpe commented; “Definitely overcrowded NYSC slotted a lot of participants this batch Why ? I camped at Oguns state Sagamu the camp is big with enough hostels. This is definitely a fault from NYSC.”
@aminuumar123 noted; “I camped here during my service year. Shagamu used to be one of the best in terms of infrastructure. What happened to the hostels?”
@Tadera_ reacted; “Shagamu Camp used to be one of the best NYSC camps. Maybe it’s because corps members from other states usually join the Ogun State camp, and it seems overpopulated now. Still, this is ridiculous.”
@abubakar_ajayi added; “Sagamu camp is the one of the best NYSC camp in Nigeria, I camped there 2021. These set of people you see here came late and have not done registration and also have not been assigned bed, so they have to sleep in that hall till the next day to continue the Reg.”
@Adebayoadesanya stressed; “The crazy part about this NYSC camp in Ikenne, Ogun State? I’m from Sagamu. You can literally walk from Ikenne to Iperu, the hometown of the current governor, Dapo Abiodun. When the camp was still in Sagamu before they moved it to the “permanent” site in Ikenne, it was never this bad. Corps members were not left sleeping outside or in these conditions even before full registration. So what changed? How are graduates being treated like this in the same axis as the governor’s town?
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