The Digest:
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has named its new orientation camp in Adamawa State after President Bola Tinubu, marking the first time in 52 years that an NYSC camp has been named after a sitting president or political figure. The agency confirmed in an X post that the camp will be called "Bola Ahmed Tinubu NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp Project, Malkohi, Yola." President Tinubu is scheduled to perform the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday during his visit to Adamawa. FIJ noted that all NYSC camps since the scheme's inception in 1973, except one in Nasarawa named after colonial resistance figure Magaji Dan-Yamusa, have followed a naming pattern based on location rather than individuals. This breaks a 52-year tradition and adds to three other national projects already named after Tinubu within two years: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Barracks, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Technology Innovation Complex, and Bola Ahmed Polytechnic.
Key Points:
- The naming breaks a 52-year tradition of non-political naming of NYSC camps.
- It adds to concerns about the increasing number of projects named after the sitting president.
- Tinubu gains legacy visibility, while critics question the precedent of self-naming.
- This signals a departure from past practice of avoiding political figures in NYSC camp names.
- The timing, with multiple projects named after Tinubu in under two years, fuels debate.
The NYSC camp naming marks a significant departure from 52 years of tradition, joining three other national projects already bearing Tinubu's name.
Sources: NYSC/X
