Two corps members Dismissed for refusing to wear trousers

According to reports,Two members of the 2019 National Youth

Service Corps Batch C Stream currently

undergoing the three-week orientation exercise

in Ebonyi State have been sent home from

camp for refusing to wear trousers.

This was made known in a statement from the

spokesperson of the NYSC in the state, Ngozi

Ukwuoma.

She listed the corps members as Okafor Love

Obianuju with registration number

EB/19C/0523 and Odji Oritsetsolaye

(EB/19C/0530).

According to the statement, they were spotted

by the Camp Director, Isu Josephine, and her

team during her routine morning inspection,

wearing white T-shirts and skirts.

“When they were accosted and interrogated,

they disclosed that they could not wear the

white shorts and the trousers given to them by

the NYSC since it was against their faith,” the

statement read.

“Efforts were, however, made by the office of

the Camp Director to make them see reason

why they must obey the rules and regulations

guiding the orientation and NYSC, but all

efforts to do that proved futile”, the statement

said

The spokesperson narrated that after efforts to

make them change their minds were rebuffed,

the matter was officially reported and the

proceedings for de-kitting were initiated.

“The corps members were queried and

subsequently made to face the camp court,

where they were found guilty, having made it

categorically clear that they were ready to bear

the consequences of their actions”, she said.

Mrs Ukwuoma noted that the court

recommendations were submitted to the camp

Management and the Camp Director was

directed to de-kit the Corps Members.

“They were de-kitted in the presence of

security agents, who also escorted them to the

gate as they left the camp”, the spokesperson

added.