Serving in Benue State: camp, LGAs and corper life
Your call-up letter says Benue. Here is what that means: where the orientation camp is, which LGAs you can be posted to, and what daily life looks like in Makurdi. Then play it, on real Makurdi streets.
The Benue orientation camp
Corpers deployed to Benue State report to the orientation camp at Wannune, Tarka LGA (Makurdi–Gboko Road) for about three weeks of registration, kitting, swearing-in, parade, SAED lectures and evenings at the mammy market. At the end of camp, everyone gets a posting letter to a PPA in one of the state's LGAs.
In Kopa Life your service year starts at the camp gate too. A soldier checks your call-up letter, you queue for registration, collect your khaki and jungle boots, and learn drills with your platoon. Our NYSC camp guide has the full packing list and daily routine.
LGAs in Benue you can be posted to
Benue State has 23 local government areas. Your posting letter names one of them, and that LGA's NYSC office is where you do monthly clearance and meet your LGI. Busier, more urban areas are outlined in green.
- Ado
- Agatu
- Apa
- Buruku
- Gboko
- Guma
- Gwer East
- Gwer West
- Katsina-Ala
- Konshisha
- Kwande
- Logo
- Makurdi
- Obi
- Ogbadibo
- Ohimini
- Oju
- Okpokwu
- Otukpo
- Tarka
- Ukum
- Ushongo
- Vandeikya
1 of 23 are busier urban areas in the game: more corpers, longer clearance queues and a louder group chat.
Corper life in Makurdi
The weather is hot, dry savanna weather with a rainy season. To get around, corpers use keke (tricycles), okada (motorbikes) and buses. In the game, food and transport prices in Benue are among the cheapest in the game.
Local languages you will hear: Hausa / Yoruba / Tiv / Nupe. Expect greetings like “Sannu, corper!” and “Ẹ káàbọ̀ o!”. At the buka you will find Pounded yam & egusi, Tuwo shinkafa & miyan kuka, Suya and Masa, with Kunu to wash it down.
Landmarks you will see in Benue
Walk around your posting in the game and these real places sit on the skyline and on your phone map:
- Makurdi Airport
Play your service year in Benue
Start with the Benue call-up letter, report to camp, and get posted to a real Makurdi street. Free, no download.