Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and 2023 African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, has announced plans to lead a protest on Tuesday against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for withholding the discharge certificate of Rita Uguamaye, a corps member and content creator popularly known as Raye.
In March, Uguamaye posted a video criticising the federal
government’s policies and commitment to fixing the harsh economy.
She would go on to describe Tinubu as a “terrible leader”.
She criticised Lagos’ “poor living conditions” and called
the NYSC scheme “not beneficial”, eliciting mixed reactions. Uguamaye later
apologised, explaining that her remarks on Lagos were misunderstood.
Last week, the corps member said the NYSC management
withheld her discharge certificate, claiming officials accused her of missing
clearance, which she blamed on her local government inspector’s refusal to sign
April’s attendance.
However, on Sunday, the NYSC authorities said her service
year had been extended by two months “for failing to attend the April 2025
biometric clearance”, adding that she was among 131 corps members penalised.
Speaking on Prime Time, an Arise Television programme, on
Monday, Sowore called on Nigerians to join the protest in support of the corps
member.
“I want to use this opportunity to invite people to another
protest tomorrow on behalf of the youth corps lady who was denied her discharge
certificate,” he said.
“She is the only one who spoke up against the president who
denied her certificate. We have a clear nexus between what she said and her
punishment.”
Addressing claims that the corps member failed to complete
the mandatory one-month clearance, Sowore said she has evidence proving she
attempted to complete the clearance but was refused.
“[For] the people who said she didn’t do one month
clearance, she has been able to make a case that she went there to do the
clearance, but they refused that,” he added.
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