How to Join NYSC Camp Orientation Broadcasting Service (OBS)

Hello, there! Let me guide you through how to join the NYSC Camp Orientation Broadcasting Service (OBS.

Are you interested in communication arts and, as a corp member, will you want to join in the dissemination of information?

I must tell you that I did not know much about the OBS even before entering camp. Maybe because I was uninterested in going for service at the beginning but reluctantly decided to go anyway.

How to Join NYSC Camp Orientation Broadcasting Service

While in the camp, I got to hear about the Camp Orientation Broadcasting Service (OBS) group.

I could hear a lot of people talking about the number of opportunities and relevant benefits that joining the OBS could bring to serving Corp members.

Since I had a passion for writing, reading, and public speaking, my interest in the OBS grew.

I made a few inquiries, but my interest did not grow enough to make any further steps to apply for the OBS. Maybe there was no need to try because, as Miss Miranda would soon let us know, the number of applications was already jam-packed.

In the interest of this article, I met with a lady that I remember was in the OBS group in my service year to get to know a little more about the OBS. Miss Miranda is a young, beautiful, fair lady who has a radiant smile for everyone.

I think it is that smile that gives her that appealing attraction at first sight and the secret behind her charisma as a promising media presenter.

So most of the things I am about to tell you about the OBS group are gleaned from my discussion with Miranda.

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NYSC OBS Registration Process

Compared to every other group in the camp, the OBS is the most rushed group. Many believe that OBS can offer you the following benefits: a safer quarter in the camp, better opportunities, better placement, and better treatment. That is not a lie, though, as I have come to learn.

With this knowledge, starting from the opening of the camp, there are legions of applications from corp members to gain entry into OBS.

Sadly, a lot of people don’t make it. Some who make it still do not enjoy all these benefits. Maybe because they did not meet standards, were not active at work, or were just not fortunate.

With all these piles of people hustling to get through the gate of the OBS, how did Miss Miranda make it?

Miranda explains, “I arrived two days after the camp was officially opened, so my application met with a backlog of other applications that no one was ready to give attention to because the number of corps members required was already sufficient”.

Was she discouraged?

“I didn’t give up. Unlike others who were there for what they could get, I had a passion for mass communication, and that was what I read in school, so I decided to try harder.

I found my way to meet the program manager, and one day I had a chance to talk to him. I explained to him why I needed to be in the OBS. Surprisingly, the program manager impressed me with his answer”, she relates.

The program manager said, “The only reason I would take you is because of your responsible dressing and the way you carried yourself in your presentation.”

Filled with joy, she says, “I was overwhelmed.”

Wow! How fortunate she was.

Tips on How to Make It into OBS

From Miss Miranda, I could put together some important tips that can help me succeed in making it into the OBS.

Arrive early at the camp.
Make inquiries about the OBS.
Apply immediately
Write an application letter directed to the program manager and address it to the office of the Director-General.
Be alive. Let them feel the vibrancy of your spirit. This would motivate them enough to include you.
Be assured of your capabilities, hang around and show them what you can do.
Be persistent. Often the people in charge would always tell you there is no chance.

Activities of OBS Members in NYSC Camp

The OBS plays a vital role in the dissemination of information to corp members in and outside the orientation camp.

The broadcasting house in the camp has a number of sound systems spread at strategic positions across the camp and connected to the OBS room. The OBS is involved in broadcasting news, making interviews, and making reports about vital matters or missing items in the camp.

They also play a pivotal role in all social events, lectures, and gatherings in the camp. Their duties thus would include providing and coordinating the sound systems needed for the function, serving as M.C. as the case may be, covering the program, and assisting in many vital roles in the course of the event.

The different sections of the OBS crew include:

Program crew
Technical crew
Electrical crew
News broadcasters
Writers
Presenters etc.

This list can enable you to know what role you can play in order to be found suitable in the OBS in the orientation camp.

NYSC OBS Activities Outside the Camp

Most of the OBS crew who are found to be active are recommended to serve in the town or city areas where there are recruited into the Editorial or Publicity CDS group.

This CDS includes members from different states who work to provide the information needed to produce the monthly NYSC newsletter, radio or TV station program, and the NYSC year magazine and are also involved in sensitizing schools on reading, writing, and learning.

In close collaboration with the NYSC public relations unit, they serve as the mouthpiece of the other CDS and the corp members.

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Benefits of OBS

Miss Miranda listed out some of the benefits she has accrued as follows:

Had her first-ever on-air presentation at the camp
Had a great feeling of satisfaction from doing what she loves to do best.
Amazing accumulation of experience
Working and getting connected with experienced and successful people in her line of career interest.
Getting enlightened about different subjects in general
Had a better posting with incomparable remuneration in contrast with her colleagues.
Made her very active in her service and made her develop herself.
Her posting is likely going to influence a better job prospect for her after service.
Has given her exposure to broadcasting, publishing, and in the world of words.

It was a lovely moment for me to have this time with Miss Miranda. She is super wonderful. I know the world is yet to meet her.

In the time being, if you have a passion for public speaking and writing, I hope you will make the necessary effort to join OBS during your service year. There are loads of opportunities waiting to meet you.

As Miss Miranda humbly recognized, “It would be ridiculous to think she was a wonderful media presenter when the best media presenters are yet to be born.” I think that was so humble. I want to say a big thank you, Miss Miranda, for making my day.

So friends, take a chance with your service year and let the world get to know you. Thank you, everybody, for being here. You are all amazing for following www.awajis.com/nysc