The worst nightmare for any corps member is to arrive in camp and discover that they should have come along with some things but didn’t. So to help you with some of the essential items you should take with you, here is a list of things needed for NYSC camp.

List of items needed for NYSC orientation camp
After receiving your call-up letter and the excitement of going to camp, the next thing that follows is making necessary preparation for the camp. The NYSC orientation camp lasts for three weeks. And you have to go there well prepared. Your preparation includes getting and packing everything that you will need at the camp.
You will need much more than just your NYSC clothes and NYSC white shorts that you will be given at the point of registration in camp. There are a couple of things that you need to get that would not be given but are very essential for your stay in camp.
We have decided to make the task easier for you and will provide you with a list of things for NYSC camp. We have classified the list of items needed for NYSC orientation camp into compulsory items and essential items.
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Compulsory items needed for NYSC orientation camp
These items are needed to get you through your registration at NYSC orientation camp:
- NYSC call-up letter – Your call up letter is the first most important thing you must not forget when you are packing for the orientation camp. Take with you both the original copy and the photocopies you made. It is the only evidence that signifies that you are a real and prospective corps member. And that you are not there impersonating someone else. Also, do not laminate your call up letter to avoid any embarrassment.
- School Identity Card – Also, you should take with you, your school identity card. Take with you the original copy and also make photocopies. It will be the proof you will present at the camp to show that you graduated from the institution that is indicated on your certificate.
- Statements of Result or Certificates – You are to take with you the original copy and six photocopies of your statement of your result/certificate of the course you studied. If you are a medical graduate/optometrist/pharmacist, you are to take with you the evidence of completion of internship or housemanship and the original copy of your registration certificate with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria/ Optometrist Registration Council/ Pharmacist Board.
- Passport photographs – It is recommended that you go with your recent passport photographs. And make sure to make several copies.
- Medical Certificate of fitness – You must obtain a medical certificate to show your current health status at the camp from a government or military hospital.
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Once through the registration point at the orientation camp, every corper receives their NYSC Kit and mattress.
Your NYSC Kit will contain the following:
- Two round neck loosely fitted white T-shirts
- Two pairs of NYSC white shorts
- One NYSC crested vest
- Pair of NYSC khaki (jacket, belt, and trousers)
- Crested NYSC cap
- One pair of Jungle boots
But these are not all you will need for NYSC orientation camp. Below is a further list of essential things you need to take with you to camp.
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List of things that are essential to take to NYSC orientation camp
Items listed under this category are not compulsory or stipulated to be taken to the camp. But they are essential and vital to you having a smooth and less stressful period in camp. Having these things with you at the camp will lessen the burden of your everyday camp activities and schedules and also help you not to spend so much money buying things at a more expensive price in camp:
- File Jackets
- Stationery
- White round neck T-shirt
- White shorts
- Plain white sneakers or tennis shoes
- White soc
- Underwear (take enough with you that will be sufficient for the period of your stay in camp)
- Padlocks
- Provisions
- Toiletries

- Towels.
- Treated mosquito net.
- Antiseptics/disinfectants.
- Money and ATM Cards (you should have some money on you because you might need one or two things and you will not want to start borrowing at camp).
- Waist Pouch.
- Flashlight (Torchlight)/Rechargeable lamps. If you are going with a flashlight that uses batteries, you should do we to take enough batteries with you.
- Phone charger/Power bank. If possible you can go with an extra battery for your mobile phone or smartphone.
- Padlocks
- Bucket
- Dishwashing agent
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- Rubber slippers
- Bed items such as bedspread/sheets, pillowcase, pillow and a wrapper or blanket.
- Hand sanitizer
- Medical kit containing medications such as multivitamins, analgesics or pain relievers, antibiotics, prescription tablets for malaria, anti-purging pills, and other medicines that you need to cope (especially if you know you have some conditions), cotton wool, plasters, methylated spirit, Robb and other things you think you might personally need.
- Dish set such a food flask, spoon, and a drinking cup or flask.
- Books you can read during your free time in camp.
- A pair of NYSC white tennis shoes.
All these things listed above should be more than enough for you not to be stranded when you get to camp and make things easy for you. Have a safe trip to camp.
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