Protest : Protesters demand workable policies as Tinubu’s supporters held Parallel procession in Adamawa
From Umar Dankano,Yola.
As the nationwide #end hunger and bad governance# protest begins August 1st 2024, the protesters under the aupieces ‘Take it back movement’ has staged a peaceful protest in Adamawa state with the call for change of leadership style.
Addressing the thousands of aggrieved and protesting youths in Yola Thursday,
leader of the the group, Hon. Ibrahim Bappah Waziri, a former state lawmaker said their reason for staging the protest is to call on the government to address insecurity, inflation, poverty and food shortages in the land.
Hon.Waziri stressed that, if the president concede to these critical demands, they would have no reason to remain on the roads urging the president to do the needful so that Nigerians can have some respite in their legitimate endeavors.
Waziri urged the president to also return subsidy on petrol, electricity and reflate the value of the naira calling on the citizens to continue to resist the bad policies of the government.
He maintained that, with the agitations across the country, the government has been frightened noting that if the people persist, the government will be forced to capitulate.
Similarly in a sperate protest organized by pro-Tinubu group, supporters were seen staging another parallel procession in support of president Bola Tinubu’s led administration in Adamawa state.
The protesters in their numbers wearing printed white T-shirts being guarded by police and NSCDC personnel matched from the Unity flyover (former police round about) close to the State Police head quarters down to Ribadu Square where they held rally in support of the president bore supportive placards with various inscriptions like “we are solidly behind president Tinubu”, “No to anti democratic forces”,”We cannot allow democracy to be hijacked by evil forces”, “Women and youths are for peace and progress in support of president.”Among others.
Various leaders of the youth, women and people living with disability who addressed the press acknowledged the critical development challenges hobbling the nation saying that it is the result of years of misgovernance.
The leadership of the protesters including, Comfort Ibrahim Ezra, Yakubu Umar, Adamu Ibrahim Pola, Musa Hamma Adama and Anas Bala noted that the president has started on a good footing and has so far established far reaching reforms including championing LG autonomy, students loan scheme, implementing new minimum wage establishing a commission for PLWD and giving tax waiver on essential commodities amongst many reforms.
They admonished Nigerian youths to adopt other alternative mechanism of channeling their grievances rather than resorting to protest in consideration of the propensity of president BAT for dialogue.
