NYSC: 10 Official Requirements for Registration in Camp:
1. Registration Documents:
Foreign graduates are go along with all the important registration documents they used for registration in Abuja.2. Call Up Letter:
You sure wouldn't want to forget this at home. It would be more like going to the farm without a hoe or cutlass. It is the only evidence that you are a prospective corps member (colloq. Corper, or Otondo) and you are not impersonating anyone. This will be taken from and not returned to you. So if at all you even forget you luggage (lol) never forget this.Tip: DO NOT LAMINATE IT! However, keep it like its your life. I know someone who was sent back because she forgot hers. Also someone who had to beg and beg before his letter was collected because he laminated his own copy. So please avoid all these stress and make enough copies of this letter.
3. Final Year Student Identity Card
4. Passport Photographs
This is very important. You don't necessarily have to take up to 20 (in red backgrounds). 12 to 16 copies would be enough. You would need them at every registration point mostly. But for those who would likely redeploy or join one group or the other in camp, you would need more than others.5. Notification/Statement of Result from School
6. Photocopies Of All Your Documents:
Now make about 5-10 copies of every document required. There would be photocopiers in camp at mammy market but trust me, it is double the price and it saves time.Tip: The forms that will be handed to you are very easy to fill. Attach your passport where necessary and fill them correctly. After your registration, you will be given a State Code Number. This will be like your PIN throughout your Service Year.
7. Stationery: Pen, Paper, Gum, Tippex.
Yeah...you would need these too. It will surely saves time and lots of unnecessary begging.Tip: Some camps do seize staplers at the gate during check-in. So do not forget to include pins in your stapler if you are taking that along.
8. Certificates / Licenses:
For Doctors, Pharmacists, Nurses & Lab Scientists, take along your proof of certification.***Daily Needs:
9. Round-Necked White T-Shirts:
This is an essential outfit in camp. In fact, this is the only allowed cloth to be worn throughout your 3 weeks in camp. Although some camps would allow you to change to other cloth on Sunday's but only for CHURCH.Tip: Do not carry more than 2 pairs of colored or other clothes because you won't use it.
10. White Shorts:
I beg you please do bring yours.Tip: You would be given 2 pairs of white t-shirts, and short, alongside you "kaki" - the NYSC uniform and crested white t-shirt. But trust me, you might not like the kind of shorts (material) you would be given. Also, you probably won't have time to wash during the week after being stressed out from the parades and Man-O-War drills. So, its best you get yours and enough enough to take you for three weeks or put enough money for the "wash your cloth" boys - errand boys in the camp. The could also be a wash center in your camp.
Now! On the first day, make sure you get your mattress after the first documentation, after which you can proceed to get a Room. After you have secured a place in the hostels, you can settle down and you are good to go for the Military parades.