Serving in Kaduna State: camp, LGAs and corper life
Your call-up letter says Kaduna. Here is what that means: where the orientation camp is, which LGAs you can be posted to, and what daily life looks like in Kaduna. Then play it, on real Kaduna streets.
The Kaduna orientation camp
Corpers deployed to Kaduna State report to the orientation camp at Kurmin Mashi, Kaduna 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 Kaduna you can be posted to
Kaduna 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.
- Birnin-Gwari
- Chikun
- Giwa
- Igabi
- Ikara
- Jaba
- Jema'a
- Kachia
- Kaduna North
- Kaduna South
- Kagarko
- Kajuru
- Kaura
- Kauru
- Kubau
- Kudan
- Lere
- Makarfi
- Sabon-Gari
- Sanga
- Soba
- Zangon-Kataf
- Zaria
3 of 23 are busier urban areas in the game: more corpers, longer clearance queues and a louder group chat.
Corper life in Kaduna
The weather is hot days and dusty harmattan mornings. To get around, corpers use keke (tricycles), okada (motorbikes) and buses. In the game, food and transport prices in Kaduna are cheaper than Lagos.
Local languages you will hear: Hausa. Expect greetings like “Sannu, corper!” and “Ina kwana?”. At the buka you will find Tuwo shinkafa & miyan kuka, Masa, Suya and Kosai, with Kunu to wash it down.
Landmarks you will see in Kaduna
Walk around your posting in the game and these real places sit on the skyline and on your phone map:
- Ahmadu Bello Stadium
- Lugard's bridge
Play your service year in Kaduna
Start with the Kaduna call-up letter, report to camp, and get posted to a real Kaduna street. Free, no download.