Muslim Corpers Decries Ban Of Hijab In NYSC Camps

From Victor Seyi, Ilorin

Youth corps members under the aegis of Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria (MCAN) have decried the alleged ban on hijab wearing at the NYSC orientation camp.
The Emir of the North-Central zone of MCAN, Muhammad Lawal Yusuf, stated this yesterday in Ilorin when the representatives of the association paid a courtesy visit on the pioneer Grand Khadi of Kwara State, Justice Abdulkadir Orire.
According to Yusuf, members of the association were subjected to humiliation in South-Eastern part of the country as many of them are on the verge of being sent out of their accommodation.
Other challenges facing the association include lack of finance to carry out their programmes, lack of accommodation ‎and forcing of sisters to remove their hijab.
J‎ustice Orire had earlier told the delegation of how MCAN was formed in 1981 after which a guiding manual was prepared for it by the Islamic Education Trust (IET) in Minna, Niger State.
“The manual guides Muslim corps members on how to use their service year to serve Allah and the nation successfully,” he said. He advised them to liaise with state executives to ensure that the manual was put into proper use.
He also tasked them on the need to have executives in place in all the states of the federation, national executive body and bringing together of all delegates from all the states.