Ikare-akoko Nysc Orientation Camp, Ondo State

I enjoyed my stay at the camp. It was both fun and stressful. The soldiers and camp officers were very friendly and hospitable. They also have a good clinic in case you fall during the orientation camp. Ensure you go with a power bank as they don't allow phone charging in the hostel.

The camp is ok, *there parade ground is the best so far, *there pipe bore water is being powered by solar energy and things over there are sold at cheaper than some other camp.

It's a great camping ground with right environment for training and inculcating discipline. Also teaching of morals, management skills and enforcement of unity among people of different tribes in Nigeria is a primary goal of the camp.

The total number of registered corpers were about 1700 and the available accommodation could barely accommodate 1000 hence the hostels were crowded, navigating around the hostel was really difficult. The toilets and bathrooms were the worst. I didn't expect a latrine in a government establishment over 50 years old. Then theres the food. The jollof rice was tasteless, the tea was tasteless, the egusi and okra soups weren't bad though but there were days when the food didn't get to everyone. I also heard a couple of complaints about people stooling because of the food. The camp clinic didn't have enough medicine, If you needed real treatment, you had to send someone out to get you drugs. The camps order of activities were actually good. A lot of enlightening lectures and skill acquisition and the enforced schedule definitely gave one a feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. I think the government should upgrade the living conditions, the food and the clinic situation and the camp will be a lot more bearable.

Fair environment, but with terrible toilet and bathroom facilities, poor electricity, below-par available meals, dusty atmosphere, but can be fun depending on the other corp members met in the camp per time.