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By Daniel Ayantoye | Oyo
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Oyo State Coordinator, Mrs. Grace Ogbuogebe has debunked a report circulating on social media that an unidentified female corps member was spotted wearing a long skirt Uniform as opposed the standard trouser at the Oyo State NYSC Orientation Camp, Iseyin.
According to the report posted on legit blog, the Corps member was spotted preaching the gospel to her fellow corps members at the camp ground.
However, the Oyo State Coordinator while speaking in an interview with newsmen at Swearing-in Ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream 2 Corps Members held at the Orientation Camp, Iseyin, Oyo State on Wednesday, March 23, 2022 said the premises in the report “does not look anything close to the Oyo State Camp ground” describing the report as “blatant lie”.
She maintained that “the NYSC programmes and the rules are evident in our bylaws and in the act. Corps members are meant to wear the khaki trouser, the jacket, the crested vest, the cap, the jungle booth or the stockings and different kinds of uniform, ofcourse skirt is not one of the uniform.
“So any Corps Members wearing skirt is completely disobeying the law as recorded in the bylaw. So we don’t tolerate that, we don’t condone it.
“So the issue of they found a corps member wearing skirt in oyo is a blatant lie. Because even that environment is not even oyo environment.” She added.
Meanwhile, No fewer than 2,380 corps members of 2022 Batch ‘A’ Stream 2 comprising of 834 Males and 1,546 females deployed to Oyo State have been sworn-in to commence their one year mandatory national service.
While reading the address of the NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, the Oyo State Coordinator, urged the Corps Members to maintain a high level of discipline during the service year.
“Let me also remind you that the oat of allegiance you have taken today is significant, as it is expected to guide your conduct in the service year as well as have everlasting influence on your life after service.
“You are also enjoined to familiarize yourselves with the provision of the NYSC Act and the NYSC Bye-Laws.
“You must also continue to distance yourselves from Cultism, drug abuse and other social vices.
“I also urge you to avoid using the social media for spreading fake news, fueling of hatred and other negative purposes, and instead deploy same for the promotion of national unity and development.”
Highpoint of the event was the administration of oath of allegiance to the corps members by the Oyo State Chief Judge, Justice Munkar Abimbola who was represented by Justice Iyabode Yerima.
The Corps Members were organized into 10 platoons as representative of each platoons signed the oat forms.
Present at the event were the representative of collaborating Agencies which includes, the Nigeria Army, Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Men of the Fire Service, Man O’ War and host of others.
