Muslim Group Rejects New NYSC Date
has rejected the new date of June 13th
being fixed for the National Youth
Service Corps 2016 /17 Batch A
(Stream II ) orientation camp after
series of postponements and
cancellations .It is based on this that
Naijland has put
together the reasons they cited .
The group said the date coincided with
Muslim corps members' Ramadan
fasting.
They also said dehydration sets in
later in the day particularly in the
hotter regions of Nigeria
Adequate Sahuur ( early morning meal
taken approximately between 4 am
and 5 .15 am ) cannot be guaranteed in
the NYSC camp .
Also the Futuur (meal taken at sunset
to break fast ) be timely as camp
schedules are bound to ignore and
subsume this very important period .
Also they said attending orientation
camp and partaking in the energy -
sapping activities on empty stomach
is an invitation to health crisis .
They equally said that morning drills
in NYSC camps are known to be
rigorous and the soldiers in charge
will not take excuses
NYSC may therefore be inviting
Muslim corpers to step on landmines
in the planned orientation camp if it
holds as presently scheduled
They also said that the whole month
of Ramadan is a period of spiritual
dedication.
And lastly they said that there are so
many other spiritual exercises in
which Muslims must engage during
fasting, the tafsiir (exegesis of the
Qur'an ) session, the taraawih (late
evening supererogatory prayers ) and
nawaafil ( night supererogatory
prayers) which the NYSC camp would
not permitt them.
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