Youth corper asked to leave NYSC camp for refusing to wear trousers

Reactions have started trailing the decamping of 2013 Batch A, 
female corps member, Ms Tolu Ekundayo, by the National 
Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Ogun State for wearing skirt at 
the Shagamu orientation camp.
In a press conference organised by Ekundayo’s church, Faith 
Revival Apostolic Church, FRAC, in Lagos, the expelled 
corps member  said she was asked to leave the camp at 
about 11.00pm on March 8, 2013 by the Ogun State
 NYSC Co-ordinator, for her refusal to put on trousers. 
She explained that her refusal to wear trousers was 
not in disobedience to NYSC authorities but in line 
with her belief and faith in God.

Also speaking, Apostle Paul Adenuga condemned the manner 
in which Ekundayo was expelled 

from the camp in the dead of the night without considering
 her safety and called on the Director-General of NYSC 
and the federal government to look into the matter
 before it gets out of hand.
“I call on Nigerians, mostly Christians that stand for the
 truth, not only to jointly condemn this barbaric and bestial 
act but to engage in constructive dialogue with the concerned 
authority for the change of such policy if it is official.”

NYSC reacts
When contacted, the Ogun State NYSC Co-ordinator, Mrs T.I 
Anosike maintained that the Service did not expelled anybody. 
According to her, Ms Ekundayo opted to go instead of abiding by 
the rules and regulations of the scheme.

She said wearing anything outside approved NYSC kits during the 
orientation programme was not allowed in the camp. This she said 
was the reason why every corps member was made to signed 
undertaking on cultism and dress code.

“Nobody asked her to leave. She was asked to comply with the 
NYSC directives or leave. So she decided to leave. When she 
said that she won’t comply, we asked her to put it in writing 
which she did. So we didn’t expel her, she left on her own.”