{"id":123988,"date":"2024-07-12T12:20:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp"},"modified":"2024-07-12T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:45:12","slug":"situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp","title":{"rendered":"Situation under control \u2013 NYSC says after convenience collapses in Ekiti orientation camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the situation is under control following the collapse of a convenience facility early Friday morning at the Ekiti State Orientation Camp in Ise-Orun, Emure Ekiti.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eddy Megwa, NYSC\u2019s Director of Information and Public Relations, the incident saw strong collaboration among camp officials, who acted as first responders to assist the two injured corps members.<\/p>\n<p>The state coordinator effectively coordinated these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Brig Gen YD Ahmed, the Director General of NYSC, expressed shock over the incident and called on the state Government to promptly equip the camp with sustainable facilities. He emphasized that it is the responsibility of state governments, as stipulated in the NYSC Act, to construct and maintain facilities in the orientation camps.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Megwa quoted the Director General as saying, \u201cEKITI CAMP SITUATION UNDER CONTROL Management wishes to inform the general public about the collapsed convenience that occurred in the early hours of today, Friday, July 12, 2024, at Ekiti State Orientation Camp in Ise-Orun, Emure Ekiti, that the situation is under control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strong collaboration of the entire camp officials that served as first responders to the two injured Corps members from the incident were effectively coordinated by the State Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, those injured are very stable and receiving medical attention at a tertiary health facility in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResponding to the incident, the Director General of NYSC, Brig Gen YD Ahmed expressed shock over the issue and used the opportunity to call on the state government to urgently equip the camp with sustainable facilities that will not endanger the lives of the camp community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Director General also stated that it is the primary function of various state governments to build and maintain facilities in the orientation camps as contained in the NYSC Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents and guardians are hereby enjoined to remain calm, as management is committed to ensuring the safety of all corps members, including camp officials, in all NYSC orientation camps across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the situation is under control following the collapse of a convenience facility early Friday morning at the Ekiti State Orientation Camp in Ise-Orun, Emure Ekiti. According to Eddy Megwa, NYSC\u2019s Director of Information and Public Relations, the incident saw strong collaboration among camp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":123987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[308,254,601],"class_list":["post-123988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ekiti","tag-nigeria","tag-nysc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Situation under control \u2013 NYSC says after convenience collapses in Ekiti orientation camp - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the situation is under control following the collapse of a co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Situation under control \u2013 NYSC says after convenience collapses in Ekiti orientation camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has confirmed that the situation is under control following the collapse of a co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T11:20:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T12:45:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720775436.786334.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"868\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Situation under control \u2013 NYSC says after convenience collapses in Ekiti orientation camp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-12T11:20:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T12:45:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720775436.786334.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Ekiti\",\"Nigeria\",\"NYSC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/situation-under-control-nysc-says-after-convenience-collapses-in-ekiti-orientation-camp\",\"name\":\"Situation under control \u2013 NYSC says after convenience collapses in Ekiti orientation camp - 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