Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fined 1,000,000 (One Million) Naira on the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) as damages for refusing a female Corps member, Emeghoghena Julia and six others opportunity to wear skirt during their service year.
Amongst others, Ahmed also said such act was a breach of freedom of religion, harassment, embarrassment and humiliation of his clients who were refused from using skirt that had earlier been stipulated by the Law to be used by Members of the NYSC.
Delivering his Judgment, Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, declared that the use of Skirt by the applicant in National Youth Service Corps forms part of the fundamental Rights to freedom of Religion and Freedom to manifest same in practice and observance as contained in the Section 38(1) of 1999 Constitution (as amended).