{"id":68944,"date":"2025-06-25T06:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68944"},"modified":"2025-06-25T06:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:10:10","slug":"nysc-denies-extending-lagos-corpers-service-over-anti-tinubu-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/25\/nysc-denies-extending-lagos-corpers-service-over-anti-tinubu-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"NYSC Denies Extending Lagos Corper’s Service Over Anti-Tinubu Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has debunked reports claiming it extended the service year of a Lagos-based corps member, Rita Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, as a form of punishment for criticizing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Raye gained widespread attention on social media following a viral TikTok video in which she lamented Nigeria\u2019s worsening economic situation, describing President Tinubu as a \u201cterrible leader\u201d and Lagos State as a \u201csmelling state\u201d with deplorable living conditions.<\/p>\n

Shortly after the backlash, she posted another video alleging that NYSC officials were pressuring her to delete the original video.<\/p>\n

She maintained her stance, asserting that she merely spoke the truth and had no intention of retracting her comments.<\/p>\n

The incident sparked public outcry, with former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore condemning the alleged intimidation.<\/p>\n

Sowore further alleged that the NYSC had extended Raye\u2019s service year by two months, warning that he would stage a protest during the corps\u2019 passing-out parade if she was not allowed to complete her service as scheduled.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu regime might go down with Rita Raye\u2019s NYSC matter,\u201d Sowore wrote. \u201cWe will mobilise down to the Passing Out Parade unless Rita is allowed to complete her service without interference.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, the NYSC acting Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs. Carol Embu, dismissed the reports as false and misleading.<\/p>\n

She clarified that NYSC only considers the extension of service for corps members during their passing-out process, and solely based on violations of the scheme\u2019s rules, not political affiliations or personal expressions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho is Sowore? Does he work with NYSC?\u201d Embu asked. \u201cNYSC is not an irresponsible organisation. We operate under clear regulations and due process.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of the time of filing this report, there has been no official communication from Raye confirming that her service year has been extended.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the situation continues to generate debate over the right to free expression and the neutrality of national institutions.<\/p>\n

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By Samuel Adeola The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has debunked reports claiming it extended the service year of a Lagos-based corps member, Rita Uguamaye, popularly known as Raye, as a form of punishment for criticizing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Raye gained widespread attention on social media following a viral TikTok video in which she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":68945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-68944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68946,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68944\/revisions\/68946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}