MY NYSC EXPERIENCE IN KATSINA STATE : FINAL DAYS IN CAMP
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As the days wore on, activities at camp started crawling to a lull. This is not surprising, as the monotony of each day's activities coupled with the fact that that Ramadan fasting was also on made the officials at camp to treat us a little bit with ease.
It was at this point I started enjoying the camping. There were many inter-platoon games going on, infact everything we did in camp, from marching to sports were competitions.
Platoon 8 in which I was,could be said to be a lazy platoon, to put it mildly. Be it drama, cultural presentation, anything at all, we were sure to carry the last of second to last position 😢😢. Our only saving grace was the second position we took in the 4*100m females race, which was won for us by this girl:
Roseline
I myself was also part of the male team but we couldn't muster any of the top 3 positions. We took the 3rd place in the football category however. For other sports and competitions we either crashed out successfully or took embarrassing positions.
I stayed in an hostel shared with the Army in camp, hence we named it "Army barracks".
Hostel mates
With Segun and Tobi
Platoon 8 fellas
Austine, this guy can eat for Africa 😂 😂. His meal ticket was always on point
Mr Soja 😎😎
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I myself was also part of the male team but we couldn't muster any of the top 3 positions. We took the 3rd place in the football category however. For other sports and competitions we either crashed out successfully or took embarrassing positions.
I stayed in an hostel shared with the Army in camp, hence we named it "Army barracks".
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