Nigeria, March 20 -- A couple of days ago, a corps member, Rita Uguamaye, walked into stormy waters when a video she made went viral. In the video, the corps member serving in Lagos State lamented the rising cost of living in the country. While she decried the fact that she could no longer afford the things she ordinarily should be able to afford, she also had some stern words for President Tinubu.

The video unexpectedly went viral. Her revelation that some officials of the corps were calling her to threaten her only added fuel to the fire as Nigerians waded in on whether she could criticize the president as a corp member and if her video had any iota of truth in it.

The National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) was established in 1973. It was...