By Ayodele Oni
The Presidency has clamped outright suspension on a serving member of the National Youth Corps, (NYSC) that criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, in a statement, pointed out that the action was a flagrant and open abuse and disregard of NYSC by-laws.
The serving corps member in Lagos State had sounded the alarm over alleged threats from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) after her social media post criticizing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
In a video shared on TikTok via the handle @talktoraye, the corps member, visibly emotional, lamented the rising cost of living and described Tinubu’s government as “terrible” for not addressing the continuous increase in commodity prices.
She stated, “If more Nigerians speak up about what we are experiencing, perhaps there will be change. I don’t know if there has ever been a President as terrible as this, but this is truly a terrible government.”
The Presidential Aide, in a Facebook post wrote: “I suggested that flagrant and open abuse and disregard of NYSC by-laws and established protocol should attract the full NYSC disciplinary measures, particularly regarding a corps member’s recent display of imprudence.
“It is trite to say the maximum punishment under the NYSC protocol is expulsion; nothing beyond the established norms and laws is suggested or remotely implied.
“The NYSC scheme is a historic and treasured national programme that should not be sullied and ridiculed by indiscipline. It symbolises our triumph over division and consistent effort to forge a more potent and virile union.
“Most importantly, we should abide by our old cherished values of dignity, discipline, and respect for one another as citizens.”
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