These events have reignited the
discourse on the importance of the mandatory one-year scheme.
When Afropop superstar, Davido,
announced via photos shared on Instagram that he would be part of the latest
batch of corps members, it did a world of good for the scheme’s relevance — but
that only lasted for a few hours.
Davido, right after entertaining
other corps members and camp officials with his songs on the first day,
seemingly abandoned the orientation camp to continue his tour abroad, an action
that enraged many commentators on social media, who attributed the development
to his wealth and status.
Although it is not known for sure
if the singer applied for, and was granted, an exemption from the 21-day camp
to attend to his performance obligations abroad.
Davido would eventually cancel
his world tour, citing ‘NYSC commitment’, but going by his activities of the
past few days, ‘political commitment’ might also be another factor.
Of late, the entertainer has been
neck deep in politics, aggressively campaigning for his uncle, senator Ademola
Adeleke, who is running for the Osun state governorship on the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) platform.
OBO, as he is fondly called,
deployed the full power of his superstar status to campaign for Adeleke,
politically weaponising his celebrity and music as a bulwark against other gubernatorial
aspirants.
Going by the NYSC bye-laws,
Davido’s political activities point to an illegality. The bye-laws clearly
state that corps members should not participate in partisan politics, with an
extension of their service year listed as the punishment.
The law states that: “Any member
who takes part in partisan politics is liable to extension of service for a
period not less than three (3) months without pay.”
From donning PDP garbs to
prompting the electorate to vote for his uncle, Davido actively took part in
the pre-election campaign trail of the Osun governorship poll.
The singer not only performed at
rallies, but he also posted messages describing Adeleke as the “incoming”
governor of the state.
That Davido took part in partisan politics while undergoing
his NYSC programme is as clear as daylight, but what becomes of his
law-flouting activities remains to be seen.
culled: TheCable
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