Youth corps member Ushie Rita Uguamaye, better known as Raye, has alleged she was denied her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate after completing her service year in Lagos State.
Raye, who gained online attention for a viral video where she described Lagos as “smelling” and criticised President Bola Tinubu’s government, recounted her ordeal in a recent video.
She claimed the Eti-Osa Local Government Inspector (LGI) refused to clear her for April, despite her being present on the scheduled date.
According to her, the LGI repeatedly sent her to the back of the line before eventually seizing her file, refusing to process her clearance, and ordering her to leave.
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Although disappointed, Raye said she has decided to move on from the incident, describing her service year in Lagos as “a waste of my time.”
In a post, Corper Raye wrote: “I was contemplating if I should share this or not, but just decided to. After 1 year of moving to another man’s land, to serve my country, ended with no certificate and telling me to come for final verdict that we already know how it’ll end. I genuinely wish I wasn’t a Lagos state Corper because it’s a waste of my time.
“I can’t say moving here was bad but serving here isn’t all pleasure. Just to add to it, they said the reason I’m not getting my certificate is because I didn’t clear myself for the month of April on my scheduled date.
“But what they aren’t saying is how I was present to get cleared, yet the LgI kept asking me to go to the back and when she finally wanted to attend to me she said she won’t clear me.
“She seized my file and told me to get out this is a long story and I don’t mind waking up midnight to tell the story.
“The deep rooted anger I feel and hatred is crazy because I don’t know who to direct it to. But I wish myself the best. And I’m closing this chapter.”
