The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, says its accommodation problems will soon become a thing of the past when its permanent site, being built by the Lagos state government is completed.
The NYSC state’s Coordinator, Mrs Christiana Salmwang made the remark at the weekend while expressing gratitude to the state governor Babajide Sanwoolu for embarking on the project of completing the new site in Agbowa, Ikorodu a suburb of the state.
She spoke during the swearing-in ceremony of the over 7000 newly deployed corps members under the 2025 Batch ‘A’, Stream 2, posted to the state.
According to her, the state NYSC had been forced to send corps members posted to the state, to Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, and Kwara due to the lack of space to accommodate them.
The NYSC coordinator said the state government has provided huge support to ensure that the site in Ikorodu is completed within the expected time frame saying the project “will resolve the longstanding accommodation challenges,” being faced by corps members when it’s completed. She also noted the ongoing efforts by the state government to repair its Temporary camp in Iyana Ipaja to make it liveable.
“We recently visited the site for an on-the-spot assessment and found that the work is nearing completion.
“We believe its completion will resolve the longstanding accommodation challenges we’ve faced over the years.
“It is due to the lack of adequate accommodation that we have had to send some corps members—as we have done with the current batch—to other states such as Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Kwara, and so on for their three-week orientation course before returning to Lagos for their primary assignments,” she stated.
The magazine reports that the state chapter of the NYSC has been using its temporary site in Iyana Ipaja for years, a situation that has posed serious accommodation problems for corp members posted to the state because of its small size.
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