A short video circulating widely on social media has sparked outrage over living conditions at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu (also known as Shagamu), Ogun State, during the 2026 Batch C Stream II orientation exercise.
The clip shows a large indoor hall filled with hundreds of young people—predominantly women—lying closely packed on thin mattresses and mats spread across the floor.
Belongings, bags and footwear are scattered between the tightly arranged sleeping spaces under fluorescent lights and ceiling fans.
The poster captioned it: “Image NYSC Orientation Camp Shagamu, Ogun State in 2026. Even people in IDP camps in Gaza are not living like this. We have serious problem in this country.”
The footage quickly gained significant traction, drawing thousands of likes, reposts and comments as users decried the overcrowding and compared the scene unfavourably to temporary displacement shelters.
Many described the arrangement as undignified for graduates completing their mandatory national service.
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👉 JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELThe viral clip aligns with earlier reports of severe accommodation shortages at the same camp. Civic technology and accountability group MonITNG on Sunday condemned what it called the “inhumane treatment” of prospective corps members, labelling the situation a “national disgrace.”
In a statement, the group said several prospective corps members were turned back and told to return home due to insufficient space, while those admitted struggled for sleeping places—some sleeping outside, in the orientation hall or in storage areas.
MonITNG questioned why adequate preparations were not made despite advance knowledge of the expected numbers. It demanded an investigation into the management of funds allocated for the exercise and called on the NYSC Director-General, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development and other authorities to ensure accountability and improve facilities nationwide. “Corps members are not second-class citizens. They deserve respect, decent living conditions and proper care,” the group stated. “National service should be an opportunity to serve the country, not an experience of unnecessary suffering and humiliation.”
Official figures released at the formal opening and swearing-in ceremony on Friday, November 6, indicated that 4,152 prospective corps members had registered for the Batch C Stream II orientation in Ogun. This included 3,698 deployed to the state and 454 dislodged from Lagos State.
Ogun State NYSC Coordinator Mrs Frances Omolabake Adewuyi and state government representatives, speaking on behalf of Governor Dapo Abiodun, emphasised discipline, security awareness and the scheme’s role in national integration while assuring commitment to the welfare of corps members.
The Sagamu camp, located on Ikenne Road in Sagamu Local Government Area, has faced recurring pressure from rising deployments.
In October 2026, during the previous Batch C Stream I exercise, the Ogun State Government approved a ₦50,000 welfare palliative for each of about 3,050 corps members and donated 500 mattresses to the camp to ease accommodation challenges.
Complaints about overcrowding, inadequate hostels, sanitation and other facilities have surfaced at NYSC orientation camps in multiple states in recent years, prompting periodic calls for infrastructure upgrades.
Similar concerns have been raised elsewhere, including reports of dilapidated facilities at the Obubra camp in Cross River State.
As of Monday morning, neither the NYSC Directorate Headquarters nor the Ogun State NYSC office had issued a detailed public response specifically addressing the viral video or the latest accommodation complaints.
The orientation course for Batch C Stream II is scheduled to continue through late November.
The episode has renewed broader debates about the capacity and preparedness of the decades-old NYSC scheme to host large numbers of graduates under dignified conditions while fulfilling its mandate of national unity and youth development.
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