Corps members injured as hostel wall collapses in Ekiti NYSC orientation camp

An unspecified number of corps members deployed in Ekiti State have been injured following the collapse of the hostel wall of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Ise-Emure. 

Sources in the camp said the female section of the hostel collapsed in the early hours of Friday, July 12, 2024.

“The wall of one of the female hostels collapsed this morning (Friday). It was the bathroom wall which caved in when they were planning to take their bath,”  a source told Daily Trust. 

“But thank God, people rushed down there to retrieve them from the rubble. They have been stabilized at the clinic and they will get further medical treatments.”

The corps members are currently in the camp for the three-week compulsory orientation camp. 

An official of the NYSC who confirmed the incident said only two corps members were affected and had been stabilized at the camp’s clinic

He called on parents, guardians and stakeholders not to panic over the incident, adding that it had no serious negative impact on the corps members

Meanwhile, there have been cries over the years about the poor conditions of structures in the NYSC Camp in the state but no adequate renovation has taken place.