Serving in Oyo State: camp, LGAs and corper life
Your call-up letter says Oyo. Here is what that means: where the orientation camp is, which LGAs you can be posted to, and what daily life looks like in Ibadan. Then play it, on real Ibadan streets.
The Oyo orientation camp
Corpers deployed to Oyo State report to the orientation camp at Iseyin (Government Technical College) 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 Oyo you can be posted to
Oyo State has 33 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.
- Afijio
- Akinyele
- Atiba
- Atisbo
- Egbeda
- Ibadan North
- Ibadan North-East
- Ibadan North-West
- Ibadan South-East
- Ibadan South-West
- Ibarapa Central
- Ibarapa East
- Ibarapa North
- Ido
- Irepo
- Iseyin
- Itesiwaju
- Iwajowa
- Kajola
- Lagelu
- Ogbomosho North
- Ogbomosho South
- Ogo-Oluwa
- Olorunsogo
- Oluyole
- Ona Ara
- Orelope
- Ori-Ire
- Oyo
- Oyo East
- Saki East
- Saki West
- Surulere
5 of 33 are busier urban areas in the game: more corpers, longer clearance queues and a louder group chat.
Corper life in Ibadan
The weather is hot and humid most of the year. To get around, corpers use keke (tricycles), okada (motorbikes) and buses. In the game, food and transport prices in Oyo are cheaper than Lagos.
Brown rooftops of Ibadan, amala at Bodija, and very long streets.
Local languages you will hear: Yoruba. Expect greetings like “Ẹ káàárọ̀ o, corper!” and “Corper, ẹ kú iṣẹ́ o!”. At the buka you will find Amala & ewedu, Ofada rice & ayamase, Ewa agoyin & bread and Puff-puff, with Zobo to wash it down.
Landmarks you will see in Oyo
Walk around your posting in the game and these real places sit on the skyline and on your phone map:
- Cocoa House
- Liberty Stadium
- Bower's Tower
- Statue of Balogun Oderinlo
- Mapo Hall
- University College Hospital (UCH)
Play your service year in Oyo
Start with the Oyo call-up letter, report to camp, and get posted to a real Ibadan street. Free, no download.