Nigerian comic writer, Tosyne2much has draw the attention of people
to about 10 factors that could militate against the development of corp
members.
National Youth Service Corps can be fun and exciting yet a great
time to define your goals in life, a time to build relationship, or any
number of other things. It is a step closer to “real life” when there
are pitfalls and landmines along the way that can derail one on the path
to fulfilling your dreams and careers in life.
There are some major dark sides of National Youth Service scheme
which are pathetic, thinking of various abnormalities participants are
brewing on a daily basis which are
1. Having secret love affairs with students
Some male corps members are nothing but paedophiles as they are
fond of taking advantage of the innocence of students entrusted with
them to gain s*xual gratification. It’s very disgraceful to see male
corps members jubilating when posted to primary/ secondary schools
because they know they stand a very good chance of sleeping with girls
that are below the age of consent. This is the height of stupidity being
perpetuated by some male corps members and that’s what some of them
spend their time doing for a whole year then they return back home the
same way they left.
2. Extravagant spending/ lack of saving culture
Spending recklessly, lavishly and ostentatiously on irrelevant
things are common traits among some corpers of today. They eat with
their two hands, go into debts and will still demand more money from
home. In fact, even their khakis and jungle boots can easily be
recognized by every beer palour in their environment where they normally
have rendezvous. These are people who will return back home empty
handed after their service year after which they will begin to
constitute nuisance in the society by becoming IPOB and Afonja when
joblessness hit them.
3. Lusting after ladies
It’s not new to us that some male corps members are fond of chasing
and sleeping with both village and rural girls out of NYSC exuberance.
In fact, I, Tosyne2much, have even witnessed a scenario when a male
corps member sighted his crush by and quickly dashed into his room to
change into his khaki and jungle boot so that the girl will know he’s a
serving corper. Some of them impregnate these girls in the process and
will head to NYSC secretariat for redeployment to another state in other
to avoid shame and embarrassment. This is how notorious some guys can
be and that’s how curses follow them anywhere they go.
4. Married/Engaged Woman disguising themselves as single ladies in orientation camps
Many of us must have seen married and engaged women stupidly
falling in love with random guys in orientation camps because of stomach
infrastructure at mami market. These are ladies who find it difficult
to their hold body for three weeks in the absence of their
husbands/boyfriends. I remember when I was serving in Kano in 1995, a
married woman and a guy were caught doing it on parade ground and were
both sent packing.
5. Stupidly falling in love with play boys
Most ladies, if not all, get carried away by the euphoria of NYSC
and that’s why there’s a high possibility of losing your girlfriend the
moment she goes for service. This is the time they cohabit and flirt
with anything that has two legs since their boyfriends are out of sight.
They can even flirt with rifraffs such as native doctors and palm wine
tappers forgetting they have boyfriends somewhere, and at the end of the
day, they return home with syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, private part
herpes, trichomoniasis, HIV/AIDS, etc.
6. Rebel against native laws
No matter how some rules seem to be old-fashioned, corpers should
endeavour to pay obedience to them especially those that are serving in
villages or Shari estates. It has been observed that some corps members
usually rebel against what they deem to be outdated laws because they
feel they’re too educated to obliged to them and that’s how many of them
invite problems into their lives. E.g sleeping with people’s wives, oro
festival, etc.
7. Picking pockets and stealing
Some corpers are notorious thieves who exhibit their stealing
prowess in orientation camps and have been caught vandalizing people
bags just to steal their money, phones, chargers, clothes, caps etc; and
when they get caught and excommunicated from camp, they put the blame
on their village people who don’t even know their Call-up numbers. That
was how a corper vandalized my bag and stole the three packs of Gold
circle condom I took to camp and left me stranded.
8. Sleeping with NYSC Officials to get posted to juicy places
So many female corps members have been caught sleeping ladies with
soldiers, camp commandants, gate men and photographers with the hope of
being posted to juicy places. At the end of the day, they still get
posted to ridiculous places where they have no access to light, water
and network
9. Not allowing the service year to pass through them
First degree is now gradually fading out as employers believe it is
no longer enough to equip you for a competitive labour marker and
that’s you must have something special to offer that will give you an
added edge instead of expecting people to bow their heads for you
because you think you have a Bsc. Many corps members don’t consider
going out of their ways to add to their knowledge but only fantasize
about how they will work in Chevron after their service year.
10. Pride
Making friends and meeting new people right from the basic
orientation exercise in camp increases people’s chances of getting
connected to the right people. Getting acquainted with the right people
can be very resourceful because they may be very useful in your job
search. Some corps members remain stagnant not because they are not
resourceful but because they are too proud and pompous. They feel they
are above any other person therefore they don’t see themselves mingling
and discussing with people that can help their situation.
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