The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, yesterday named the real ‘sponsors’ of the nationwide protest
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Also, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises warned that Nigeria could lose over N400 billion daily to the planned nationwide protest against hunger. “We plead with the organisers of the protests to cooperate with the police to make the planned protests peaceful and orderly,” it said. “It is in the overall interest of everyone for this to happen. Peacefulness of a protest does not detract from the potency of its messaging.
“Over 90 per cent of employed Nigerians are in the informal sector. Employees in this space are dependent on daily income, and any disruption to their economic activities beyond 24 hours could snowball into major social unrest. This underlines the country’s vulnerability to prolonged protests,” CPPE advised.
“There is also an urgent need to prioritise fiscal frugality and transparency in the public sector in all tiers and across all levels of government, coupled with appropriate signalling and messaging that reflect current economic conditions. These are essential to earn the confidence of the generality of the people.”
On Friday, the IGP had urged all groups planning to protest to provide necessary details to the Commissioner of Police in the state where the protest is intended to take place, to facilitate a successful and incident-free protest. “It is also vital for Deji Adeyanju to note that in the interest of defence, public safety, public order, public morality or public health, or for the purpose of protecting the rights and freedom of other persons as enshrined in Section 45 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, this request by the IGP is not out of place.”
Lukman, who recently resigned from the All Progressives Congress , described the ongoing attempt to block Nigerians from legitimately expressing their dissatisfaction with government policies as futile. “If President Tinubu wants to recover whatever is left of his democratic credentials, he should listen to the cries of Nigerians and respond by reviewing his policy decisions, especially withdrawal of subsidy and floating of the naira exchange rate,” he said.
BUT a former governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, had a divergent view of the protest, describing it as a plot to remove a democratically elected government through the back door. “Whereas every Nigerian has the right to complain or protest against bad governance, the language employed by the planners is threatening, divisive, and clearly aims at removing a democratically elected government.”
“The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria and the chambers of commerce are up in arms about the direction of interest rates as monetary authorities struggle to contain inflation while high interest rates and insecurity continue. Lagos State government, yesterday, hinted at plans to introduce smart waste bins for every tenement in the state as it intensifies the monthly sanitation awareness programme. The Special Adviser on Environment, Mr Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, disclosed this when he led other state officials during the ongoing weekly sanitation awareness and cleaning exercise at Ajeromi Local Council.…
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