A serving Corp member in Lagos State has cried out over a threat she received from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) board following her recent social media post in which she expressed her displeasure about the rising costs of commodities in the country.
According to the video shared on TikTok via the handle
@talktoraye, the serving Corp member, in tears, explained how frustrated she is
over the high cost of goods in the market, calling President Ahmed Tinubu’s
government a “terrible” one for paying little attention to the hike in
commodity prices.
In the video, she said: “If a lot of Nigerians come out and
start speaking about what we are going through, maybe changes will be made in
the government. I just want to say to our president, I don’t know if there is
any other president that is as terrible as you, but you are such a terrible
president.”
The serving corp member, in tears, further explained how the
NYSC scheme has been less beneficial to her, having had to spend more than the
allowance she receives
“So, I am coming from a supermarket where I went to get
foodstuff, and everything has gone up again. It’s just like every single week,
prices keep increasing. I want to know, what is the government doing about this
increase? Is there going to be a particular time when prices will stop going
up? Why am I going to get a crate of eggs and I’m told it costs N6,500? It
doesn’t make any sense that eggs would cost that much. I literally remember
when eggs cost N800. I am so overwhelmed because this is the first time I’ve
stayed out of my family house.
“After I left the supermarket, I got home, and the security
and NEPA bills have skyrocketed, doubling in price. It is insane. I can’t keep
up with these bills. Every single penny I make, I am using it to pay bills. The
crazy thing is, you want to go out with your friend, and Uber is N25,000. Why
are things so expensive?
“To make it worse, Lagos stinks. Everywhere smells. What is
the government doing about the smell? Being an NYSC Corper, there is nothing so
beneficial about this scheme. The money I spend on transportation is much more
than the allowance the federal government pays us. We should start calling out
the government. For example, Tinubu, you are a terrible person. What are you
doing to help our economy?”
Barely 24 hours after releasing the video calling President
Tinubu “terrible,” she posted another video in which she was receiving calls
from an NYSC official. The official in the video was heard asking the Corp
member, “Are you normal?” The voice continued, “Keep quiet and bring down the
video you posted,” she said.
The Corps member further explained that she has been
receiving calls from various NYSC officials telling her to stop insulting the
government and remove the video.
Efforts to reach the acting spokesperson for the National
Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Caroline Embu, prove abortive as she did not answer
calls at press time.
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