The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has stated it will deny prospective corps members who are not fully vaccinated from registering and partaking in the scheme from January 2022.
The Director-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim, said this on Monday in Abuja.
He was addressing the 2021 Batch “C’’ Stream II set of corps members in a virtual meeting.
Emeka Mgbemena, NYSC’s spokesperson said the director-general gave the directive in the face of reported cases of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus in Nigeria.
According to Ibrahim, the scheme would not let down its guard of ensuring strict adherence to the COVID-19 safety protocols.
“From the next orientation in the year 2022, all incoming PCMs will show evidence of vaccination before they will be allowed into the camp for registration.
“We want to ensure that we adhere strictly to the non-pharmaceutical safety protocols of COVID-19.
“I commend the Federal Government, the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, the National Centre for Disease Control, and other stakeholders for the success of the 2021 Batch “C’’ Stream II orientation course,” Mr Ibrahim was quoted as saying.
