The Southern Kaduna Individuals’s Union (SOKAPU) youth wing has appealed to the Chief of Defence Workers and the Chief of Military Workers to analyze what it described as a distressing video that includes 4 youths looking for enlistment within the Nigerian Military.
The youths additionally appealed to the Kaduna state authorities to determine a committee to totally study the matter, with the intention of stopping any recurrence.
A press release issued by the SOKAPU Nationwide Youth Chief, John Isaac, mentioned, “It’s with nice concern that the Southern Kaduna Youths have noticed a distressing video that includes 4 youths initially from Kaduna State, at present residing in Lagos.
“These people, earnestly looking for enlistment within the Nigerian Military, confronted unwarranted humiliation, denial, and even arrest throughout the state screening course of as of the time of composing this assertion.”
The assertion defined that the explanations as portrayed within the video, revolves round their incapacity to talk the Yoruba language and their non-citizenship standing in Lagos.
In line with the assertion, “It’s crucial to emphasise that the structure clearly defines Nigerian citizenship, and the Nigerian Navy outlines particular necessities and eligibility standards for enlistment, none of which pertains to linguistic or tribal issues, akin to the flexibility to talk Yoruba.”
The assertion noticed that “the Kaduna State authorities boasts of a major variety of Yoruba people in its civil service, some holding esteemed political appointments, tracing their origin to the South West”, stressing that “this serves as a testomony to Kaduna State’s inclusive and liberal stance, actively contributing to the unity of the Nigerian undertaking”.
It mentioned, “In gentle of those occasions, we respectfully urge the Chief of Military Workers and the Chief of Defence Workers to promptly and urgently examine this matter.
“We attraction for the rapid launch of those younger males and their truthful participation within the enlistment train, aligning with the ideas afforded to each Nigerian citizen, because the unity of our nation transcends ethnic issues.”