The leadership of the Christian
Association of Nigeria, CAN, has condemned in strong terms the decision of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for expelling two Corps members who refused
to put on trousers or shorts for religious reasons.
Two female corps members – Okafor
Love Obianuju, with call-up number EB/19C/0523; and Odji Oritsetsolaye, with
call-up number EB/19C/0530 – were expelled from the 2019 Batch C Stream 1 in
Ebonyi camp over the weekend for refusing to put on trousers.
The Special Assistant on Media
and Communications to the CAN President, Rev. Adebayo Oladeji, said the two
ladies should not be victimised for holding on to their faith.
The statement noted that the
Nigerian Law School denied Firdausa Al Jannah Amasa from being called to Bar in
2017 because she refused to remove her hijab, but the institution had since
retraced its steps.
The statement explained that the
NYSC also ought to be more tolerant.
CAN said, “The fundamental rights
of the people as regards religion must be respected.
“And that is why, a few months
ago, when some Muslim women were protesting over the wearing of hijab at the
Law School, we refused to speak against it because it is their right and thank
God, they won it.
“We are appealing to the
leadership of the NYSC to revisit the matter.
“In this country, religious right
is an inalienable right that must be respected. They must allow the people to
practise their religion.
“If our government agencies have
no regard for the way people worship God, then it means they are satanic. Any
system that does not respect religion is satanic.”
It advised the affected corps
members to go to court, recalling the way the Muslims sued the Nigerian Law
School over the hijab controversy.
CAN said, “We advise the victims
of that injustice to go to court and challenge their expulsion by the NYSC.”
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