Excitement as Federal High Court orders NYSC to allow female corps members to wear skirts The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been ...
Excitement as Federal High Court orders NYSC to allow female corps members to wear skirts
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has been told by a Federal High Court in Abuja that female corps members can wear skirts as part of their official outfit. nigerian weeding attire
The court said that the old rule that skirts were not allowed was unfair and against the Constitution.
As part of her decision, Justice Hauwa Joseph Yilwa said that NYSC's demand that female corps members must wear trousers violated their constitutional rights to freedom of religion and human dignity.
Two former corps members, Ogunjobi John Blessing and Ayuba Vivian, brought the case. They were not given their discharge certificates because they wouldn't wear trousers during their service year. The court later put together their two different lawsuits into one case.
Judge Yilwa said, "The NYSC's refusal to recognise and allow skirt as part of its uniform is a breach of their right as set out in Section 38(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Deuteronomy 22:5 of the Bible."
The court gave the claimants N10 million in damages because the NYSC broke their rights.
Ayuba, one of the claimants and a 2018 graduate in microbiology from Kaduna State University, was sent to Zamfara State for her service year but refused to wear the trousers she was given because they were offensive to her religion.
The NYSC said that as part of the program's rules, corps members promise to follow them, which includes wearing a standard uniform to promote order and uniformity.
But the court said that making female corps members wear only trousers goes against their basic human rights and can't be put ahead of legally protected religious freedoms.
The court said that the old rule that skirts were not allowed was unfair and against the Constitution.
As part of her decision, Justice Hauwa Joseph Yilwa said that NYSC's demand that female corps members must wear trousers violated their constitutional rights to freedom of religion and human dignity.
Two former corps members, Ogunjobi John Blessing and Ayuba Vivian, brought the case. They were not given their discharge certificates because they wouldn't wear trousers during their service year. The court later put together their two different lawsuits into one case.
Judge Yilwa said, "The NYSC's refusal to recognise and allow skirt as part of its uniform is a breach of their right as set out in Section 38(1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Deuteronomy 22:5 of the Bible."
The court gave the claimants N10 million in damages because the NYSC broke their rights.
Ayuba, one of the claimants and a 2018 graduate in microbiology from Kaduna State University, was sent to Zamfara State for her service year but refused to wear the trousers she was given because they were offensive to her religion.
The NYSC said that as part of the program's rules, corps members promise to follow them, which includes wearing a standard uniform to promote order and uniformity.
But the court said that making female corps members wear only trousers goes against their basic human rights and can't be put ahead of legally protected religious freedoms.