Nigeria: NYSC to Unveil New Protocols for Corps Members With Disabilities

15 January 2026
Daily Trust (Abuja)
By Maureen Onochie

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is to adopt a standardised protocol for the handling of Corps Members with disabilities during the Orientation Course and throughout the service year.

In a statement signed by the organisation's Director of Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, Director-General of the scheme, Brigadier General Olakunle Nafiu, made this known on Wednesday in his keynote address at the 2026 Batch 'A' Pre-Orientation Workshop, themed "Revamping the NYSC Orientation Course Experience as a Foundation for Impactful Service by Corps Members," which took place in Jos, Plateau State.

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He said the initiative, which was in furtherance of the Scheme's welfare strategies for corps members, would focus not only on compliance, but also dignity, inclusion and equal opportunity.

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