Popular skit maker Debo Adedayo, known as Mr Macaroni, and human rights activist Omoyele Sowore have spoken in defence of a corps member who described President Bola Tinubu as a “terrible” leader.
A female corps member, said to be serving in Lagos State, reportedly lamented the hardship in the country in a TikTok video that went viral on social media.
The young lady decried the soaring prices of food, transportation costs, and the silence of citizens despite the hardship.
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“We should start calling out the government. For example, Tinubu, you are a terrible person. What are you doing to help our economy?
“If a lot of Nigerians come out and start speaking about what we are going through, maybe changes will be made in the government,” she said in the video.
In a separate video on Saturday, the corps member alleged that the Lagos NYSC management intimidated her over her remarks about the country’s hardship.
On Sunday, Macaroni addressed the alleged threat on his X handle, urging the NYSC management not to intimidate the female corps member.
He wrote: “To the DG, Coordinators and every official of the NYSC!!! You cannot threaten, intimidate or victimize any corper for expressing their view on the performance of the president. They are citizens with rights! The president is in office to serve the people and every Nigerian, Corper or not has the right to hold their Leaders accountable!!!”
Meanwhile, Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), also weighed in on the issue, stating that the corps member spoke a fact, not an insult. He further criticised the NYSC, saying it no longer served its purpose.
“Saying that Bola Tinubu is a terrible person/’president’ is not an insult; it is a statement of fact. NYSC has outlived its usefulness, if it was ever helpful at all, considering its deceptive origin and outright corrupt nature,” he wrote on his X page.
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