By Crystal Ugoeze
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced plans to adopt and implement a standardised protocol to ensure the inclusive handling of corps members with disabilities during the orientation course and throughout the service year.
The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos at the opening of the 2026 NYSC Pre-Orientation Workshop.
According to him, the initiative goes beyond regulatory compliance and reflects the scheme’s commitment to dignity, inclusion and equal opportunity for all corps members.
“This underscores our resolve to leave no one behind and to position the NYSC as a humane, progressive and nationally responsive institution,” Mr Nafiu said.
He described the pre-orientation workshop as a strategic forum for planning and reflection, noting that the orientation course remains the foundation of the entire service year.
“The orientation course is where service begins, character is forged and citizenship is affirmed,” he said, stressing the need to continually redesign the programme in line with national realities, global best practices and changing youth behaviour.
The NYSC boss commended camp officials and management staff for their professionalism, particularly during the successful conduct of the 2025 Batch ‘C’ orientation exercise.
He added that the 2026 workshop would introduce innovative sessions, open-mic discussions to address emerging challenges, improved camp management strategies, stronger stakeholder collaboration and practical training modules aimed at equipping corps members with post-camp skills.
Mr Nafiu urged participants to actively engage in the workshop to produce actionable outcomes that would further strengthen the orientation programme nationwide.
*With NAN Reports