NYSC Is Ready To Stop Ebola Outbreak In Camps- DG

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, has assured Nigerians that the scheme is ready to stop Ebola outbreak in their various camps across the country.

According to Daily Independent, the DG said the scheme has fully equipped all its camp clinics with necessary items for the medical personnel to properly handle any suspected Ebola patient if such case should come up.

Olawumi, who made this known during his visit to Delta State NYSC Orientation Camp at Issele-Uku, disclosed that the scheme is already in contact with all state Commissioners of Health to include NYSC Camps in their contingency plans in case of any suspected outbreak of the dreaded disease or any other communicable one.

The NYSC boss also assured that security measures have been put in place to ensure the safety of corps members throughout the service year in any community where they serve. He said the scheme’s directorate headquarters operates a 24-hour distress call centre, with numbers already given to corps members, which they can call in case of emergencies.
Olawumi assured that if any emergency call should be received from any corps member, the closest security agency to the location where the distressed corps member is would be immediately contacted to respond.
Speaking also, Delta State NYSC Coordinator, Olive Essien Etukudo, revealed that the state is annexing a total of 2,844 corps members for the 2014 batch ‘B’ Orientation Course. She said there were 1367 males and 1477 females.

Meanwhile, the scheme which is very swift in response to any issues concerning the welfare of corps members nationwide had on Thursday, July 31,announced the redeployment of corps members from seven northern states in a reaction to the incessant attacks on the country by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
Brigadier-General Johnson Bamidele Olawumi, who is from Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State, joined the Nigerian Army as a cadet of the 36 Regular Course on 24 September 1984 and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Electrical and Mechanical Engineers’ Corps on 23 September 1989.