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An NYSC member took to social media days ago to criticise what she saw as bad governance and made her opinions known to the public and this has cause a lot of talk and talk back. Whether this violates her position in the NYSC is talk for another day but what has me writing this is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi opinion and the reactions to it.

Temitope is of the opinion that making the video violates her of service and she should be punished and this were his exact words “Citizens can abuse a living day out of their President or any public official. It is normal. But a copper violated her oath and conduct here. That is capital punishment under NYSC.". Seems people were more interested in the last sentence than the entire opinion.

People's Gazette and FIJ, two news platforms that are more known for sensationalism went ahead to either purposely or unpurposely misinterpret the statement "That is capital punishment under NYSC" as they removed the last two words and based their writings on "That is capital punishment" in which they claimed Temitope Ajayi said she should face the death penalty.

Capital Punishment refers to the highest penalty under an act. In Law, the highest penalty a human being can pay is with his or her life and it is mostly associated with death so when people say capital punishment, they are referring to a death sentence but this was not the case in the statement Temitope Ajayi made.

He said Capital Punishment under NYSC which means the highest punishment within the confines of NYSC which is basically expulsion. I wonder how these media houses translated that to mean the death sentence. I wonder if it is an innocent misinterpretation or just a sinister propaganda to mislead the public since even in their reporting, they added the "under NYSC" then removed it in their interpretation

In the USA, under the NCAA, there is something called the "death penalty" and this is sometimes applied to schools who violate laws. It doesn't translate to killing the school or hanging the students of the team, the Death Penalty under NCAA Simply means a one year ban as this is the maximum punishment that school can get.

We have always raised issues of personal responsibility and responsibility to the public within the media and this is one of the instances. It is quite unfair and unprofessional for someone to make a public opinion only for it to be twisted by media houses who intend to use it to push narratives. But then again, have we as Nigerians lost our ability to read and comprehend so badly that we can't translate by ourselves?

I when in primary and secondary school, we did comprehension as part of English language and this is to ensure that you read a age and you are able to pick exactly what the author meant by the sentences, did we all fail this or we lost the ability to now read and comprehend simple English.?

I wonder why these media houses did this, did they consider the trauma this NYSC member will go through reading headlines saying a presidential aide was calling for her to be killed or the need to push agendas have now superceded their initial responsibility to the public which is to present accurate news reports.

I am willing to bet if regulatory agencies decide to look into this or take steps to sanction these media houses, the same people will come out to accuse the government of fighting the media when they themselves are the ones breaking their own codes and directives.

This is just tiring. Very tiring

I’ll ask this question.

Which of NYSC rules did the lady break?

Everyone saying as a corps member you’re not allowed to criticize or make comments about the country or government should provide the place in the rule book where this is written.

The mugu even said expulsion from NYSC. NYSC does not expel anyone, the worst is they will ask you to do the service year again and may be without pay.

Capital punishment does not have any meaning in NYSC context. It means capital punishment, i.e., decapitation.

The presidential aide was wrong, and an apology would not be out of order.

As for those asking about the NYSC rules flouted, NYSC bye-laws are publicly available. Go to the website and read where it talks about insubordination to constituted authority. You can ask what constitutes insubordination.

Assuming you argue that calling the boss of her institution terrible does not amount to insubordination, when she was asked to delete the video, did she obey immediately?

She claimed to have been threatened. How many have asked her to explain what constitutes a threat?

She wasn't threatened. She is playing the victim here, just like Senator you know who.

They said she posted a video that NYSC considered to be in bad taste. Ordinarily, Tinubu would not even care. He himself said he didn't read social media because they abused hell out of him. When NYSC asked her to delete the video, it was probably more to protect her and ensure there is discipline in the scheme. By telling a lie that she was victimized, she has blown a simple case that has given her negative publicity. She'd enjoy the fame, then what next?

These social media urchins want to blow. Are they ready to manage the "blowing"? Temporary social media fame is like gas that escapes when you open fizzy drinks. Once it goes, it will never come back, except you continue doing more things to produce more gas. Do you want this type of depressing life?

Do not let the likes of Omoyele Sowore, Deji Adeyanju and Inibehe Effiong deceive you. They'd milk your foolishness to enhance their public image and leave you to dry to move on to the next exciting public matter.

Sheuns:
I’ll ask this question.

Which of NYSC rules did the lady break?

Everyone saying as a corps member you’re not allowed to criticize or make comments about the country or government should provide the place in the rule book where this is written.

Not my problem. That is between her and the NYSC's vague rules.

NYSC have rules that bans press statements by corp and they take it a bit too seriously since social media is not the press neither are the corp civil servants

emkz:
Capital punishment does not have any meaning in NYSC context. It means capital punishment, i.e., decapitate the head

You must be a proponent of the now popular saying "school na scam"

Did she lie

Why are we not looking at that part?

Let’s not be eeediots pls

Current state of APC and Tinubu’s Nigeria is one that calls for mass cry. Corpers can help us with this case to maybe force the leaders to do better

They should their colleague let’s see if government will sack them all. The mumu LI self trying to punish her may not have food at home to eat

Mynd44:

You must be a proponent of the now popular saying "school na scam"

No, school is not a scam. Many of us are just so much in a rush to be heard and expose our own limitations. The presidential aide had no business talking about this matter. He is even giving the girl more relevance to go and seek asylum abroad that the Nigerian government threatened her life. It is NYSC matter. NYSC have their media people and PR experts. That a presidential aide put his mouth tells us the amount of time on their hands.

Mynd44:

Not my problem. That is between her and the NYSC's vague rules.

NYSC have rules that bans press statements by corp and they take it a bit too seriously since social media is not the press neither are the corp civil servants

NYSC has no such rules. That’s what I’m trying to let you know.

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Any member who addresses the press on any policy issue without the written consent of the State Coordinator shall be tried by the Camp Court and, if found guilty, be liable to extension of service for thirty (30) days on half pay.

This is the only rule in the NYSC rule book that is close to what you said and its punishment.

This rule is under code of conducts DURING ORIENTATION CAMP.

That lady obviously is not in the orientation camp as camps are closed, thus that rule does not bind her.

Second, the rule clearly says “policy issue” which can be likened to NYSC policy.

Mynd44:

You must be a proponent of the now popular saying "school na scam"

Have you all seen where we all learnt how to indirectly yab people in a way that doesn't violate NL rules? Weh done teacher

My question though, is there anywhere in the bye law where "capital punishment" was specified.
If it was not used in the bye law, that means we will have to rely on the meaning of the phrase where it was written which is military law

Capital punishment is a specific phrase that cannot be used in any other context asides the military context

OK, as a mod, what is NL capital punishment based on its list of rules?

No matter how you try to twist it to suit your narrative, the Ajayi man that said what he said and you that is defending him,, it is illiteracy that is your problem. Capital punishment has no two meaning, it means death sentence, and nothing more or less. When they say go to school, they didn't mean you should just go see the 4 walls of the university, learn something from school.
Illiterate defending his fellow stack illiterate.

Kill him, all the money he's stolen with his master they've not done capital punish in him till now, you think it's easy to survive in Nigeria with 33,500 allowee

These people keep embarrassing themselves. Oya arrest her and see.
Nothing must happen to that girl.

Damage control. He actually meant death penalty.

Juoflife1:
These people keep embarrassing themselves. Oya arrest her and see.

You should be ashamed of what you typed there. Now go and read the article sensibly. Show us you paid tuition for secondary school before you failed waec

Capital punishment has only one meaning.

But he has explained what he meant.

Truth is that girl made a mistake with her video.

Una go push that girl into more wahala o. NYSC is a paramilitary under the Nigeria Army.

Mynd44:

Not my problem. That is between her and the NYSC's vague rules.

NYSC have rules that bans press statements by corp and they take it a bit too seriously since social media is not the press neither are the corp civil servants

Not only NYSC ...... Even civil/public servants don't just go to media or podcasts or post carelessly on their page or directly criticise the government that you're serving under....

There are avenues to channel tour grievances through and not publicly.

Mynd44:

You must be a proponent of the now popular saying "school na scam"

I guess you're talking to yourself.

This looks to me like another Natasha. They just want to create unnecessary issues from nothing.

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@mynd44 can you tell us the capital punishment under nysc rule ? It seems you know the capital punishment

Mynd44:

Not my problem. That is between her and the NYSC's vague rules.

NYSC have rules that bans press statements by corp and they take it a bit too seriously since social media is not the press neither are the corp civil servants

Nigeria my country. There is no NYSC rule banning statements from corners except for while they are in the orientation camp. We are just used to everyone misusing their position

Haven't you seen NYSC winning awards and peoples hearts by doing charity works like cleaning cities and villages, providing boreholes etc. When something is bad is bad and she should be punished for that.
There's freedom of speech but it shouldn't be abused.

Sheuns:
I’ll ask this question.

Which of NYSC rules did the lady break?

Everyone saying as a corps member you’re not allowed to criticize or make comments about the country or government should provide the place in the rule book where this is written.

NYSC BYE-LAWS (Revised 2011)

3. CODE OF CONDUCT

III. DURING THE PERIOD OF PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT

Not be rude to constituted authority
Any member who is rude to constituted authority shall be tried by the Corps Disciplinary Committee and, if found guilty, be liable to extension of service for a period not less than thirty (30) days with half pay

https://www.nysc.gov.ng/s/nysc-bye-laws.php

Clarity

The corper was wrong. The aide was wrong. Simple. It is not everything that should be dragged.

However, bat is a terrible president. That is a glaring fact.

The cost of living is crazy, that is a fact.

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THIS IS NIGERIA NOT USA. HERE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT MEANS DEATH GBAM!

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