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NYSC sets 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream orientation schedule
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the schedule for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream II Orientation Course.
The 21-day exercise is set to take place simultaneously across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
According to a statement signed by Caroline Embu, Director of Information and Public Relations, the Orientation Course will begin with the reception and registration of Prospective Corps Members on Wednesday, 22nd April 2026, and conclude at midnight on Friday, 24th April 2026.
Prospective Corps Members for the 2026 service year will be formally sworn in on Friday, 24th April 2026.
Meanwhile, the Orientation Course will come to an end on Tuesday, 12th May, 2026.
The NYSC management wished Nigerian graduates mobilized for the 2026 Batch ‘A’ Stream II service year safe trips to the various orientation camps across the country, while reiterating its warning against night journeys.
“Prospective Corps Members are advised to break their journeys once it’s 6.00 pm and pass the night at any available Corps Members’ Lodge, military formation, police station/outpost or palace of a traditional ruler anywhere in the country, then continue the following morning.

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