The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commented on a viral video showed corps members sleeping in cramped conditions inside a hall at the orientation camp in Sagamu, Ogun State popularly known as the Five-Star Camp.
The video which emerged showing corps members packed inside the camp’s multipurpose hall, with mattresses placed close together on the floor.
Prior to the viral video, it was gathered that the NYSC officials at the camp in Sagamu had earlier told some of the prospective corps members to return to their parents’ home due to the non-availability of accommodation space.
The Ogun State Government has attributed the overcrowding at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu to a sharp increase in the number of prospective corps members deployed to the state, including graduates redirected from neighbouring states.
The government explained that the posting of more than 4,000 graduates for the 2026 Batch C, Stream II orientation exercise had put considerable pressure on the camp’s accommodation facilities, which ordinarily cater for slightly over 2,000 corps members per batch.
“For the current 2026 Batch C, Stream II exercise, the Ogun State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Frances Omolabake Adewuyi, reported that a total of 4,152 Prospective Corps Members was registered for the 2026 Batch C stream 2 orientation exercise. Of this number, Ogun State registered 3,698 Prospective Corps Members, comprising 1,460 males and 2,238 females.
“In addition, 454 dislodged Corps Members from Lagos State, comprising 171 males and 283 females, also registered and are currently participating in this orientation course,” government said.
Previous records of NYSC deployments showed that Ogun has, over the years, accommodated graduates redirected from Lagos and other neighbouring states because of limitations in their orientation camp capacity.
During the 2022 Batch C, Stream I orientation exercise, it was gathered that 2,194 of the 4,486 corps members posted to Lagos State were transferred to neighbouring South-West states for orientation.
Of the displaced graduates, 749 were accommodated in Ogun, while 734 were sent to Oyo and 711 to Osun State.
To this end the Lagos State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Yetunde Baderinwa then attributed the transfers to limited accommodation at the state’s temporary orientation camp in Iyana-Ipaja.
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