Female Corper Gives Birth In Camp

A female corps member from Edo State, Shemahu Momodu, has been delivered of a baby girl on the first day of registration at Katsina State orientation camp.

The state NYSC coordinator, Mr Ebenezer Afolalu, who disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2012 batch "B" corps members, on Wednesday, said the corps member gave birth at the camp clinic.

Afolalu said the female corps member was delivered of the baby girl by some batch "B" corps doctors, who assisted to ensure the stability of both mother and child before being referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Katsina.

He said out of the 2,500 corps members deployed to the state, so far, 1,383 male and 761 female corps members had reported at the close of registration at the orientation camp.

The state NYSC boss said during the period of the orientation exercise, corps members would undergo paramilitary training, entrepreneurship development programme and lectures, as well as drills in martial arts.