By Two members of the National Youth Corps (NYSC) currently undergoing a 3-weeek orientation course for the 2019 Batch C stream 1 in Ebonyi state, have been dismissed from the orientation camp for refusing to wear trousers.
The duo refused to wear trousers because according to them, doing so was against their faith and as such preferred to wear skirt.
Spokesperson of the NYSC in the state, Ngozi Ukwuoma, in a statement made available to newsmen, said that the duo was spotted by the camp director, Mrs. Isu Josephine, and her team during routine inspection wearing white t-shirts and white skirts.
She gave the names of the two corps members as Okafor Love Obianuju with registration number EB/19C/0523 and Odji Oritsetsolaye- EB/19C/0530.
The statement partly read: “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.
