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A viral video exposing severe overcrowding and substandard sleeping conditions at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Sagamu, Ogun State—popularly known as the ‘Five Star camp’—has sparked widespread outrage on social media.
The footage, recorded and shared online by corps members, shows dozens of graduates packed closely together in a single room, with mattresses laid side by side across the floor.
To cope with the influx of prospective corps members, camp management converted the multipurpose hall, typically reserved for official events and ceremonies, into a makeshift sleeping bay.
Reacting to the development, civic technology and accountability organisation MonITNG (@monitng) condemned the conditions as “a national disgrace that demands immediate intervention.”
In a detailed statement, the group alleged that several corps members were turned back and asked to return home due to space shortages, while others struggled to secure basic sleeping arrangements.
“How can a national programme responsible for receiving thousands of graduates fail to make adequate preparations for their arrival? Was the number of prospective corps members not known beforehand? Why were sufficient accommodation, sanitation and other essential facilities not provided?” MonITNG questioned.
The organisation urged the Director-General of the NYSC, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, and relevant oversight authorities to urgently investigate the situation and upgrade accommodation, sanitation, feeding, healthcare, and security facilities across orientation camps nationwide.
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