A citizen-led movement, #FixPolitics, has condemned the Federal Government’s attitude towards the protest staged across the country on Thursday. It described the Nigerian Government’s reactions to the EndBadGovernance protest as a disconnect with the people it was elected to govern, warning that the citizens were not a conquered people.
In a statement entitled ‘August 1, 2024 Citizens Peaceful Protest: Time to Change Course’, the group faulted what it called the government's reactionary and ill-advised actions to give the protest and the protesters themselves a bad name. Executive Director, #FixPolitics Africa, Anthony Ubani, said the government's reaction and provocative utterances about the protests reflected a deep disconnect with the people’s reality.
Painful memories of #EndSARS still linger. The world is watching and citizens are no longer docile. The mistakes of the past should not be repeated, especially in light of ongoing agitations in other African countries. “We, therefore, make bold to state in precise terms that the authoritarian and intolerant reflex that characterised the government’s statements and actions in the build-up to the protest has no place in a democratic country,” it said.
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