Do you remember the rooms and bunks? You remember mammy market? You remember the love stories that began for some and ended in Marriages years later?
Do you remember where you served?
What did you hate or like most about camp?
Do you remember that feeling at the Pass out parade? Did you stay on in the state you served or you left? what state did you serve? Lets gist!
Do you remember that feeling at the Pass out parade? Did you stay on in the state you served or you left? what state did you serve? Lets gist!
I so remember oh, God Bless Cross River State and Creek TOwn Odukpani LGA, where I did my PPA.
ReplyDeleteI served in Ogun State in Obada Oko in Ewekoro Local Government in 2010....Our set were the last people to hold camp in Remo Sagamu before the new camp was moved to Ikenne....
DeleteI was in Platoon 8 and I served as the Treasurer in my platoon....Omo guys no allow me rest for camp, I was always in mammy market every night throughout my 3 weeks because guys were always paying for my food...I didn't even spend my money sef #finegirlpriviledge.....
After early morning drills, Omo everyone was always snapping me and complimenting my beauty...I felt like Agbani Darego 😉😉
Toward the end of camp, my platoon asked that I rep them for Miss NYSC contest...I turned it down even with plenty begging even platoon commander had to intervene but I no gree abeg....My service year was eventful though saddled with a sad event towards the end of our services year, we lost a corper to a bank robbery that happened from Ilaro to near the cement factory at Ewekoro.....
Ise ya Ise ya Omo Ogun Ise ya!! Eledumare Ise ma ya oh!! Eeee Ise Ya!!
Omo Ogun ki sa she, Omo Ogun ki sho re....E beru beru o Olorun mbe fun wa (I have forgotten some lyrics) ......
Ise ya Omo Ogun Ise yaaa!!!!
I was also asked to contest for my platoon 7 but I refused cos if I had won, I wouldn't be able to redeploy
DeleteI served in Kogi State (Asaya camp)
ReplyDeleteYou will carry your bag and start running from where bike stop eeh
Story plenty am coming 🚶🏾🚶🏾
If you unrinate under my comment e no go better for you in this life again try am😳
Na fuck fuck I go do, abegi.
ReplyDeleteI served in ekiti state last year, reping ise_orun emure camp, camp was fun for me
ReplyDeleteI'm presently in benin city but I sometimes miss ado ekiti
I served in government science college,Kagara,Rafi LGA in Niger state.As an English teacher.It was a lovely place.With 24 hours light,water and cheap food stuffs.l had a great time there but l went back to Port Harcourt after my service year.
ReplyDeleteWhen we were trying to adapt, we were asked to leave the camp after one week because of Corona virus. Batch A 2020
ReplyDeleteSee my fellow Corona corps member
DeleteAs a corper with an already established business, I only went to camp to have fun more or less. Soldiers were our errand boys and were bringing contraband to us in camp for a few tips.
ReplyDeleteI didn't serve in the real meaning of it. I never set eyes on my PPA. NYSC officials at the zonal office handled all that paper work for me. They were the ones doing my clearance. I left my allawee for them.
I found love and lost it during NYSC. Had a fling or two inside camp. Camp director almost caught me with my fling one time.
I know correlation is not causation but damn! Women will sleep with a man if she can get away with it and it is discrete enough. Can't really place a number on the railings I had. Particular steady lay I had then, a corper as well, was scheduled to be married in a months. I didn't know that. Her man who was based in the UK, was doing video calls thrice daily. Sometimes video calls would be going on and his girl was getting railed. Wetin concern me. They are married now and she stupidly called my name one time when she was intimate with her husband. I no send her papa.
I used my year to just throw caution into the wind. Was fresh off a broken heart so i needed the distraction. 10/10 would do it again.
I served at Plateau State (Jos Town)
ReplyDeleteDid my primary assignment at (Licence office) Board of internal revenue
Stay at Apata
I enjoyed my service year but cold near finish me..
I stayed 2 months before
coming back.
Still fresh in my memory.
Is this how you write? Ehn fine girl?
DeleteWow come back to Jos. Hope you enjoyed Chobe market and Apata where almost all Igbo stay. Flexing cold Jtown will do everyone good this season
DeleteI remember fully well. Serverd in Kano state, Karaye camp.
ReplyDeleteStayed back for a year before returning to my base.
I refused to stay backoo 😜😜
DeleteThat place is a rural area Abeg 🙄
I enjoyed staying there anyways but... No I can't,I even learned Igala language sef
They named me big Corper 🤦🏾😜😄
But now I am not big oo😄😄
I camped in Zamfara 2017...I ate most times in mammy market cos the food they give us in camp is not dat nice...watery beans, watery soup, tuwo everytime...no semo or eba...d tea is d worst of all...sometimes u will be seeing small small particles inside d tea..They never served us chicken till I left d camp..
ReplyDeleteThe cold in Zamfara is something else and we still have to wake up for d morning drill..There are days I tell my hostel mates to lock me inside whenever I don't feel like going for drill cos of too much cold..
I tried redeploying to Abuja cos my fiance(now hubby)lives here but was later given Nasarawa state ..I ended up serving in a school in masaka..U start enjoying camp in d 2nd week and wouldn't want it to end sef..
Zamfara get too much flies sha
The rooms were small and everywhere was congested. Stealing was the ordee of the day in our room. We were made to contribute money when someone's dollars got missing (can't remember the exact amount)
ReplyDeleteI went to mammy market every eke day 😅
Currently serving at Ebonyi State
What I hated most about camp is that it doesn't give you time for yourself. We lived a regimented lifestyle.
Went to camp exactly a month to my wedding in 2016 and it was boring nothing spectacular.. In kebbi state
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DeleteBeani
DeleteI hated so many things in camp, infact I was overstressed that my acne trippled.
ReplyDeleteI didn't like the hostel lifestyle because some people won't sleep and be causing nuisance knowing very well that some people can't sleep in the noon.
I also didn't like the toilet I went twice in three weeks because I get easily irritated, bathing was also a shore, so I wake up around 3am to bath outside.
I hated the beagle sound and all those boring lectures, that is compulsory to attend.
I looked forward to weekend foods, I almost finished my meal ticket.
I also loved the SAED program and night out.
I didn't date or made friends with any guy because I was in a serious relationship.
My bunk mate was very peaceful, infact we were namesake, had the same stature and complexion but she was Igbo.
I didn't miss camp but I miss my PPA and CDA meetings. Had fun with my crew and because I was married during service year, I was always leaving my base on Monday and return by Wednesday.
I had so many toasters despite seeing my engagement ring, my clique at the local govt was very tight, filled with beautiful, intelligent and industrious people.
Because I served in a very popular school and we were over 40,( the principal doesn't reject core members)so they knew us like money...we all get there about the same time that our LI would say (this school, ti yin Po ooo)during our CDA.
I was in the same dorm with camp officials and not even corp members, I wish I was in the same dorm with Corp members to have these experience...didn't make friends cause of that but acquainted with quite a few from camp clinic
DeleteMariam I no enter rest room for once me and my friends bath outside,we wake up very early bath and dress up 😜
DeleteNa we dey mk that noise inside hostel oo 🤣🤣🤣
Na so I remember ooooooooo God bless Kano state Madobi LGA,is were l did my PPA.and l injoy my three weeks in camp l will not forget my service year in Kano
ReplyDeleteI served in Abia State, my place of primary assignment was Aba North Local Government.
ReplyDeleteI loved our camp at Nsulu Games Village. I loved the funfare feeling, everywhere busy.
What I didn't like was waking up early for parade.
I didn't like the toilet arrangements.
I didn't like the food, e no dey ever sweet. The tea was even worse, e be like mud.
Being a medical, camp was smooth, didn't do any drills, ate mostly in mammi market, ate camp food one Sunday just to get the feel, spent only a week at Jos camp and relocated back to tye state where I had my regular job. Co tinued regular job, attended PPA once a month ,I think it was CDS lol... was cashing out all corners.
ReplyDeleteNo love found at NYSC, wasn't looking for...made a few friends,
Maybe if given the chance I would participate more so I could have the full experience...lol
I Posted Mammi swallowed my post why na
ReplyDeleteI served in Kogi State (Asaya Camp)
When you stop at the entrance soldiers will tell you to carry your luggages for head and start running from there 😆😆
PPA Olamaboro
Please don't urinate under my comment 🙄
NYSC
ReplyDeleteState -Cross River
LGA -Ikang BAKSSI peninsula
PPA-Assurance secondary school
Had fun in camp, was lucky to have meet some friends going to the same camp from park, it was a long ride.
I cried when I received my posting letter upon seeing BAKSSI on it, cos I always known that area as crisis zone and thou i never knew it was in Cross Rivers. It was a good memory, my only regret now is I've lost all my nysc pictures and contacts after my phone was stolen
Nysc in the 90s is not the same as now ,things has changed from good to bad and even ugly,only God knows what it will be in years to come
ReplyDeleteMy 3 weeks orientation camp wasn't a nice experience.My bunk was close to what was used to demarcate our hostel (an aluminum sheet), in the day it was as hot as hell, at night as cold as ice. And I forgot to take a cover cloth to camp, you are not allowed to go out.To make matter worse, the soldiers will wake you up with cold water if you waste time coming out of the hostel in the morning. I was forced to join parade just to keep me warm. I was always crying then , until I redeployed. , But I enjoyed my service year.
ReplyDeleteCamp was at iseyin in oyo state,. the promiscuity in camp was alarming even for inside church people were having sex during campfire night girls were sleeping in boys hostel them go just use cloth cover the bunk I remember one girl never spent a night in girls hostel she'll just disappear and appear in the morning
ReplyDeleteI served at Imo State
ReplyDeleteDid my primary assignment at Nwangele Local Govt
Stay at RCCG Lodge at Theo and Theo Junction in Amigbo
I enjoyed my service year
I served in Maiduguri and it was fun all through
ReplyDeleteCamp was sweet with enough fish pepper from mammy market plus I was posted to lake Chad research institute along Gamboru/ Ngala road
Which is not far from custom area, where there was plenty of fish to eat
But the first time rain fell, it came with sand storm and every where was dark for some minutes and when we came out after rain, every things we left outside were gone.
But I really enjoyed M/guri.
I also served at Maiduguri and I had an amazing experience. I served at success private school which wasn’t paying so I worked with starcomms plc as a sales rep, there I was making some money to sustain myself. Camp was so much fun. I made lots of friends but I missed burn fire night cos I slept off with plans to wake up at midnight to attend it but I woke up the next morning. I learnt independence during my service year and I participated in almost every activity in camp. I miss those good old days. 2007/2008 Batch A corp member.
DeleteI served in Isiala Mbano local govt Imo State in 2011.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed camp life.
My Service year was fun because Corpers conducted Election and it was my first time conducting an election as a PO.
I went back to Lagos after my Service year.
I remember before going for nysc I used to lament how much I hated it. But when I went to camp,.I realized it wasn't as bad as I thought. It's a good experience
ReplyDeleteCamp was too stressful abeg
ReplyDeleteI camped in Nasarawa, though I don't really like the experience as I was kinda down then, but all thanks to my best friend (we were both posted there) and some nice girls we met in our hostel.
How I hated SAED? Oh my! The most compulsory and boring lectures I've ever attended in my life
Aside SAED, I hated the toilet, yuck. I paid to use the toilet throughout in Mami cos some people are born dirty! Another thing I hated the way these soldiers will not even care about your health and anything and forced one out of the bed as early as 4am, haba
And the sun too? I fried! Especially during that evening parade. But I later played the falling sick and visiting the clinic card 😉
Our hostel was even divided into 2 groups, we had Mushin or it was Ajegunle they named it and V.I. People on the upper part were referred to as Mushin (They believed we make too much noise 😄), while people on the down part were called V.I (posh people 😀)
Anyway, I started enjoying the camp in the last week due to so many fun activities
The food? I only had like 3-4 ticked on my meal ticked cos those foods were something else. And those ticked were when jollof rice and chicken were prepared (mami to the rescue)
And yeah, I made some nice friends in camp and almost all of us redeployed to Abuja
I wonder if any corper enjoyed SAED.
DeleteThat was a nightmare
I just miss my good friends..batch A nysc kubwa canp 2017
ReplyDeleteWell I did not serve
ReplyDeleteI did Part-time
And I have OND
Hello iya Boys
Left camp on Tuesday 17 of December 2024,
ReplyDeleteI was posted to Imo state. It was a nice experience, because of some situation or condition I was not allowed to do anything.
I made a lot friends, especially my roomie they where the best, everyone act mature,no stealing at all. Except noise at night.
I never eat their soup, bean, Yam and tea. I only eat their rice because of chicken on Sunday.
I apply for redeployment and it works, I just did my documentation on Thursday,waiting for my ppa letter. Praying 🙏 to God for a better ppa with accommodation and good paid.
I didn't go for youth service.i japa
ReplyDeleteI camped in Paiko and redeployed to Uyo.I was the hottest girl in camp sha. Never ate their horrible camp food for once, mammy all the way. I made lots of friends and it was 3 weeks of mad fun out there except for those boring SAED trainings abi wetin
ReplyDeleteI went to Kubwa camp in Abuja for my youth service in 2001. That was a long time ago. I enjoyed every minute of it. I had the best hostel, best bed space. I had the best friends (Ify wherever you are, I miss you. The last time I heard about you was when you got a job in the bank and got married) and still in contact with some.
ReplyDeleteI had a classmate then that was very beautiful (OG, I miss you, you made my life lovely at camp, thank you very much) and she took me to her date. We were eating in Abuja city, yes she was that connected. We were the happening babes of our time. Took a lot of pictures but have only few left now.
Every morning, we (me and my late cousins friend, both of them have passed away) buy hot water to have a shower (ulo may your soul continue to rest in peace)
I hate the waking up early because I caught cold and was ill for a while. I love the cross country marathon we did, singing and dancing, I enjoyed that.
My primary assignment was in National Assembly and I served under an Hausa senator (may his soul rest in peace).
I met a lot of friends during my service year, I lost contact with some and found some when facebook started. Life is a journey indeed. We win, we lose, however, we still continue.
Thank you Stella for this opportunity to relive 23 years ago.
I camped and served in Nassarawa state. I arrived on a Wednesday and left the next Wednesday after we were ordered to be evacuated because of Corona virus. I was stressed out with the activities in camp that l over slept and couldn't attend Sunday mass.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed my short experience in camp though, and prayed never to returned after the limitation on movement was cancelled.
I'm still friends with my bunk mate who's currently in Port Harcourt.
I worked for four months before my POP
I served in Enugu state.
ReplyDeleteAwgu orientation camp kai.
I loved the fact that I served in the East; it was close to home.
I remember mammy; where if you are not careful your money will finish.
There were women who came to the hostel early in the morning and sold very hot water as the cold was something else.
Camp clinic was my hiding place; whether I was on duty or not I use it to escape from the rigorous drills.
I remember Man O war day; I didn't believe I could do all those stuff; came back with dirty khaki but enjoyed it.
I hated the water scarcity in Enugu .
I didn't like the fact that my white shoes always turned red from the red soil and the stains were difficult to go out despite washing and scrubbing.
I hated the cold and the wind.
And again, the steepness of the ground it always appeared that one was being pushed and I always ran out of breathe. Those soldiers would still make someone run in that condition.
I hated the sound of the bugle by 4:30am.
I remember getting oversize khaki and undersized shoes and doing several exchanges before I got something close to my size.
Signing of book of life.
Camp was sweet sha but I don't wish to experience it again.
I camped at obubra, cross River State..
ReplyDeleteWas so much fun, my ppa municipal, PDP Secretariat.
Wish I could take back the hands of time, when person never know wetin dey sup for this living. Chai!
It's been 12years now and I'm still in contact with my landlord and I haven't gone back to calabar since then.
Oh I forgot, camp was boring for me, didn't have friends, was after camp I started making friends.
ReplyDeleteDid election work as a corp member, so I visited all the local government of cross river State.
I will do that again and again.