13th November, 2019
PRESS RELEASE:

REVIEW NYSC CAMP TRAINING NOW

A female Muslim corper yesterday refused to use the conventional short knicker at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp at Iyana Ipaja, Lagos State. NYSC authorities have allegedly initiated the process for decamping her and she may be sent out of the camp today, Wednesday, 13th November, 2019.

It will be recalled that two female Christian youth corpers were also expelled from the NYSC camp in Ebonyi State on Saturday, 9th November, 2019 for the same reason. Both the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) have since condemned the expulsion.

But MURIC has added a new twist to the NYSC’s short knicker furore. In a press statement circulated to the media by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola on Wednesday, 13th November, 2019, the civil society organization berated NYSC for sacrificing morality on the altar of militarization. It called for immediate review of the NYSC training camp activities to allow female corpers whose creeds forbid them from wearing short knickers to freely and willingly partake in the activities.

MURIC said, “NYSC has placed military options above moral issues. It is affecting young ones in both Christianity and Islam. This is capable of destroying the moral fabrics of our society. What kind of leadership is NYSC trying to produce for the nation? Is it a God-fearing leadership that will give the nation good governance or one that has no fear of Allah that will embezzle the people’s funds, abuse power while in office and deprive the citizens of basic infrastructural facilities?

“NYSC should go into retrospection. What has it achieved in more than three decades of its existence? What has been the impact of its training on the youth? Our streets have been taken over by an army of jobless graduates. Yahoo Yahoo is the order of the day. Our graduates are heavily militarized. Cultism, kidnapping and ritual killing are their hobbies. Materialism is their religion. They are in a hurry to get rich. Meanwhile Nigeria holds its breath and trembles.

“But NYSC can do better if it pays attention to morality and vocational training instead of concentrating on physical fitness, climbing obstacles, crawling under barbed wires and other military exercises like marching, military parade, etc. Of what use have these activities been to the graduates? Of what use have those activities been to national development?

“What is the purpose of teaching graduates how to march on parade when they are not expected to continue military drills after camp? Why are we training them to cross obstacles and crawl under sharp objects when the training does not include the use of arms? Corpers finish up the one-year ritual without knowing how to cock a rifle or how to halt an advancing target for identification. It is sheer window-dressing.

“NYSC camp modus operandi is as irrelevant as it is distractive. As far as we are concerned, physical training for graduates in present day Nigeria is peripheral. It is their moral training that is tangential. It is a misplacement of priorities. A nation that has been dragged behind by corruption, a nation whose growth has been retarded by immorality cannot afford to ignore warnings coming from the altar and the minbar.

The organization suggested the way forward.

“What does NYSC or the nation as a whole stand to gain from decamping corpers for irrational and flimsy excuses? The effect is counter-productive. It wastes the efforts of serious-minded graduates while Yahoo Yahoo and cultist graduates multiply on our streets. What’s in a short knicker and what’s in a long skirt? NYSC is killing flies with a sledge-hammer.

“The way forward is to de-emphasise physical and pseudo-military exercises. NYSC handlers should turn attention to the reorientation of our young graduates during camping. Many of them are cynical about Nigeria. NYSC can partner with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in this regard. Lectures and interactive sessions on patriotism will go a long way to give corpers a new mindset. Motivational speakers should be on call.

“Besides, the period should be used for vocational training. This will change our young ones into entrepreneurs and reduce the number of jobless youths. Leadership retreat is another angle that should be considered. Our young graduates need to begin to see leadership as service to humanity. The camping period can also be used for anti-corruption campaigns. Ideologues of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may come in handy here.”

MURIC rubbished NYSC’s rationale for choice of short knickers for corpers in camp.

“The argument that corpers need short knickers for military drills does not hold any water at all. We have been able to prove that those drills are unnecessary. Corpers are not soldiers. Neither are they members of uniformed organisations. Their stay in camp is ephemeral, sometimes three or four weeks. 99.999% of them may never put on any uniform again in their lives. What then is the purpose of laying so much emphasis on drills, crossing the obstacle, climbing nets, jumping over heights and ascending walls? Has the Third World War started?

“Nigerians should shine their eyes. Those military exercises were introduced at the time because NYSC was started by the military. They added all those irrelevant aspects because those are activities best known to soldiers. But we should review the camping activities now that we are in a civilian regime.

“We therefore appeal to the National Assembly (NASS) to take an urgent look at activities in NYSC camps with a view to reviewing them as discussed above. This is a democracy. The NYSC decree should be radically reviewed by the NASS. The Ministry of Internal Affairs is also advised to study the matter and bring it to the attention of the presidency. We call on the leadership of CAN to join us in the call for a review of the modus operandi of NYSC training camp.

“In our closing remarks, we reject NYSC’s excuse for insisting on using short knickers. We assert that corpers do not need any exercise that cannot be done with skirts. We call for the introduction of re-orientation lectures, leadership training talks and anti-corrption campaigns to replace irrelevant military drills. We also advocate vocational training for corpers in order to turn their attention to entrepreneurship rather than remaining wild goose chasers of non-available white-collar jobs.”

*Professor Ishaq Akintola,
*Director,
*Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)

http://muslimrightsmuric..com/2019/11/review-nysc-camp-training-now.html?m=1

Is NYSC compulsory ?


Parades, exercises/drills may not flow well, with skirt.

Let me concentrate on the herbs I am preparing, for men who need to end their 2 minutes challenge, before some people will start bashing me.

Biko, they are not the first Corpers to serve this nation, if they can't abide by NYSC ethics, they should please apply for an exemption letter

It is National Youth Service for christ sake not Youth Religious Service

Where there are no laws, it simply means no sins

Clowns

Instead of advocating economy review or scrapping nysc entirely, muric is here talking about religion..
Have you seen any country grow based on religion??
Misplaced priority!!

Rules are rules. If you can't keep by the rules, then you shouldn't have registered for the scheme.

That aside, NYSC is just a waste of time.

If you are not comfortable with the uniform don't serve....

That man O war sh!t is optional.


I didn't participated in it.

Aside from that I didnt see any rigorous training in NYSC camp, the only thing I detest was waking up around 4am and SAED lectures

MURIC again

Jokers

Everything is always about religion to them. Na wao. And tomorrow, someone will say one Nigeria. If I hear am en..

Why this current new height of religious practice. Muslims and Christians have been going for service for years. Why this whole noise these days about kits, are this generation more religious than the ones that served before?

Its not a religious gathering na

actually they are making sense oo...what's the use of military training when what the youth need is entrepreneurial and leadership training

Reason why this nation is still backward.. Muric and Christian associations should come out and protest against corruption and bad government not all these senseless code of dressings

Even Buhari daughter wear trouser khaki.. who u be?

Even though I'm a born again Christian, i just love this MURIC man. His way of life and the way he defends his fellow Muslims makes me jealous of Islam. If i don't see any changes in the attitude of we Christians i might decide to join Islam for good

There is alot of sense in what was said there.

If you can't stand the Heat....stay away from kitchen. It's simple

Old SOLDIERS...

Should I tell them?

I mean what happens after POP?

who NYSC Epp sef...

Go hustle o
Everybody face your front o

Yeye nysc and brainless youth coopers... Sex camp and none of my family member is allows... Spit

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GoTV:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, i just love this MURIC man. His way of life and the way he defends his fellow Muslims makes me jealous of Islam. If i don't see any changes in the attitude of we Christians i might decide to join Islam for good

you also can stand to defend Christian.

This article is full of sense and thought-provoking punchlines.

Unfortunately, bigotry and hate will prevent many from justice in their assessment.

Someone up there is saying why aren't they talking against Corruption or bad leadership.

Firstly, MURIC is basically for Muslim rights not anti-corruption.

Secondly, one misdeed begets another. Do you not see that adultery, alcoholism, lavish spending and Yahoo are brothers of the same mother?

Your hate for Islam would not allow most of you to see sense in most of the things Muric just stated. How ladies are comfortable in that "Teru" they call short knickers is what I don't understand. Nysc days are numbered and I can't be more happy.

I think MURIC has made an important point here, there should be a review of NYSC activities.

For the very first time, I totally agree with them. NYSC should be made a skill acquisition scheme that will help graduates to be self employed.

All terrorists should know that State laws supersedes all religious laws...


Practice your religion in the four corners of your home state and your religious house...

Leave everyone at of it in public

this kind thing no de happen for the the past 10 years now, how come?

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GoTV:
Even though I'm a born again Christian, i just love this MURIC man. His way of life and the way he defends his fellow Muslims makes me jealous of Islam. If i don't see any changes in the attitude of we Christians i might decide to join Islam for good

Shut Up there my Yoruba Muslim friend...

Find a new hobby