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  • Sowore set to join corper at NYSC office amid viral video dispute

    Sowore set to join corper at NYSC office amid viral video dispute

    Following the spread of a viral video where Ushie Rita Uguamaye (Raye), a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, expressed critical views of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has voiced his support and has stated that he would be accompanying her to the NYSC office, indicating his involvement in the matter.

    On Monday, Omoyele Sowore announced via X that he met with Ushie Rita Uguamaye in Lagos and would escort her, along with legal counsel, to the NYSC Local Government Inspector’s office.

    “The journey with youth Corper, Ushie Rita Uguamaye, has commenced in Lagos.

    “She is scheduled to appear before the LGI (Local Government Inspector) today and we will escort her to their offices. We are all en route with attorneys,” Sowore captioned the video.

    A TikTok video in which the corps member openly lamented the country’s worsening economic situation and criticized President Tinubu’s leadership led to her recent surge in online prominence.

    After her video gained traction, the corps member reported receiving threats, immediately escalating the situation.

    This claim sparked a fervent national debate regarding the protection of free speech and the space for political dissent, underscoring the urgency of safeguarding these rights in Nigeria.

    She also shared a screenshot of an invitation from the NYSC, summoning her to appear before the LGI office at Eti Osa 3 on Monday at 10:00 am

    Omoyele Sowore’s intervention has significantly heightened the profile of Ushie Rita Uguamaye’s case, intensifying scrutiny on the potential actions the NYSC or other authorities might take.

    To date, the NYSC has not released an official statement regarding the situation.

  • Don’t pretend you care about the National Grid – Sowore to Atiku

    Don’t pretend you care about the National Grid – Sowore to Atiku

    The African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has chastised the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over his comment on the national grid collapse.

    Newsmen reports that Nigeria’s power grid collapsed again on Wednesday, as it crashed from the 3,921.8 megawatts that were generated at 6 am to as low as 50MW around 12.23 pm, causing a widespread blackout across the country.

    Atiku while reacting to the news of the power grid collapse proposed an “innovative financing” of infrastructure that would facilitate private sector investment in the power sector.

    On his Twitter handle on Wednesday Atiku wrote; “I am reliably informed that there was a total National Grid Collapse at precisely 12:23 pm today. This is one collapse too many. It is the 6th time this is happening this year alone.

    “Due to the priority that I place on the power sector upon which the successes of other sectors are hinged, I am proposing innovative financing of infrastructure that will involve the facilitation of a review of the financial, legal, and regulatory environment to promote private investment in power, among other sectors.

    “I’ll promote the incentivisation, with tax breaks, a consortium of private sector institutions to establish an Infrastructure Debt Fund (IDF) to primarily mobilise domestic and international private resources for the financing and delivery of large infrastructure projects across all the sectors of the economy. The IDF will have an initial investment capacity of approximately US$20 billion.

    “In addition, I’ll cause the creation of an Infrastructure Development Credit Guarantee Agency to complement the operation of the IDF by de-risking investments in infrastructure to build investor confidence in taking risks and investing capital. -AA”

    However, Sowore alleged that the mismanagement of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration under which Atiku served as Vice President was responsible for the recurrent grid collapse.

    He wrote, “The National Electrical grid collapse started when you and Obasanjo invested $16 billion to procure darkness for Nigeria, the @MBuhari regime came to gazette grid collapse as a law. Alhaji @atiku, don’t pretend that you care about the National Grid! #WeCantContinueLikeThis”