TUC tells Abuja, “people are frustrated, people are hungry, people are tired,” don’t threaten NYSC member for knocking Tinubu

TUC tells Abuja, don’t threaten NYSC member for voicing out frustration

By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor

“They [the government] have to develop this resilience to understand that people are frustrated, people are hungry, people are tired, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has reminded Bola Tinubu.

TUC President Festus Osifo made the point in reaction to claims by citizen Ushie Uguamaye that she is being threatened and intimidated for posting a viral TikTok video criticising the President over the growing national economic hardship

“So, if they decide to vent, I strongly believe that the government should not personalise it and come after such individuals,” Osifo argued on Channels Television.

“Imagine a young lady carrying out her NYSC function, what does she really have to do to bring down government? So, it is about personal frustration that she has aired.”

Uguamaye is a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Lagos.

Amnesty International decried the government’s reaction to the criticism, stressing that Uguamaye was within her rights to express her frustration over the lingering economic conditions and condemned in strong terms the reported threats from NYSC officials against the lady.

“The Nigerian authorities must stop responding with violence and threats to individuals and groups who express dissenting opinions – in utter disregard for the Nigerian Constitution and international law,” Amnesty wrote in a statement on its X handle.

Uguamaye’s video got the attention of NYSC officials whom she accused on Instagram of calling and threatening her to delete the video.

The NYSC has not reacted to the allegation.

Osifo added: “So, I think that the government has to persevere much more, they have to be more tolerant, and they have to have this deep level of patience with Nigerians because people are passing through a lot as it stands today.”

But he advised folks to criticise the government within expected norms and with some level of decorum.

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