Serving in Zamfara State: camp, LGAs and corper life

The Zamfara orientation camp

Corpers deployed to Zamfara State report to the orientation camp at Tsafe, Tsafe LGA 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 Zamfara you can be posted to

Zamfara State has 14 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.

• Anka
• Bakura
• Birnin Magaji/Kiyaw
• Bukkuyum
• Bungudu
• Gumi
• Gusau
• Kaura-Namoda
• Maradun
• Maru
• Shinkafi
• Talata-Mafara
• Tsafe
• Zurmi

1 of 14 are busier urban areas in the game: more corpers, longer clearance queues and a louder group chat.

Corper life in Gusau

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 Zamfara are among the cheapest in the game.

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 Zamfara

Walk around your posting in the game and these real places sit on the skyline and on your phone map:

• Gusau

Other states in the North-West

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