₦airaland Forum

helinues:
True, important for the idlers

Productive people should be sealing deals that same day

Lipscomb:
You guys should just stop stressing yourself the protest that will not yield any result. What Nigerian should wait for should be no election unless the country totally restructured.

The organizers of the scheduled October 1st nationwide protest have written to the Nigerian Police to seek for adequate security for their members.

This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), Joint Action Front (JAF), and Pan-African Consciousness Renaissance (PACOR-Nigeria).

In a press briefing on Thursday, Hassan Soweto, national coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), called on Nigerians to engage in peaceful protests against “anti-poor policies”.

The organizers noted that in Lagos, the protest will commence at Ikeja under bridge at 7:30am, with participants marching through various streets to raise awareness.

They also asked Olanrewaju Ishola, Lagos state commissioner of police, to provide adequate security for participants in line with the Police Establishment Act 2020.

“By this announcement, we inform the Commissioner of Police of our planned October action and remind the Police of their obligation under Section 83 (4) of the Police Establishment Act 2020 to provide adequate security for citizens participating in public meetings, rallies, and protests,” they said.

“This action serves as a warning and urgent cry for the Tinubu administration to address our demands immediately. If our demands are not met, more protests will follow the National Day of Survival.”

Giving reasons the protest must hold, the organizers opined: “We invite you on another journey to redeem our nation as we continue to stand against the anti-poor policies of this regime,” the statement reads.

 “As is obvious to everyone, none of the demands of our ten days of rage in August has been met.

“Rather, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu simply went ahead to use our national treasury to procure luxury cars, aircraft, and other luxuries for himself and the first family without caring a hoot about the plea of hungry Nigerians.

"To show the absolute disdain that the Federal Government holds for the people, Tinubu has gone ahead to now unleash on the Nigerian another round of hike in fuel price earlier this month.

"As we speak, the price of fuel hovers between N900 per litre to N1900 per litre depending on which parts of the country you are.

“Meanwhile, less than two years ago, a liter of fuel did not cost more than N200 per litre. This is outrageous. This is intolerable. As a direct consequence of this increment, life has become unbearable for many Nigerian people.

Many are starving as the increase in fuel price has also impacted food prices. Inflation has rendered the N70,000 new National Minimum Wage irrelevant and incapable of bringing any relief to Nigerian workers.

“At the same time, the sharp rise in the cost of imported goods has rendered traders and shopkeepers redundant as shops are overflowing with goods that no one is ready to buy.

The situation has also affected businesses and industries. Nothing less than ten multinational firms have left the shores of Nigeria between May last year, leading to even more job losses.

“Based on the foregoing, we of the #EndBadGovernance Movement have decided to declare October 1st, 2024, as ‘National Day of Survival.

On this day, we call on the Nigerian people, workers, students, youth, the unemployed, traders, and the poor to come out in peaceful protest and demonstrations against the excruciating condition of hardship, poverty, and hunger imposed on us by President Tinubu’s decision to implement IMF/World Bank-inspired anti-poor capitalist policies of [quote]fuel price hike, electricity tariff hike, school fees hike, and naira devaluation.

“We also call on the Nigerian people to utilize this day to demand with one voice the immediate and unconditional release of all #EndSARS and #EndBadGovernance protesters in police and prison custody, as well as freedom for detained journalists, whistleblowers, activists, and all victims of state repression.”

XerXers:
Chai. Funny people. All these nonsense now that tinupoo shege is tormenting you, suddenly it's sowore is the best. Why didn't vote for him during the election? What a cowardly people

nairalanda1:
All in all, we should have removed the subsidy on power, make everyone pay for power at market price, and there would be massive improvement in power supply.


We get bad power because we don't pay for power in full. Even now

1. Most Nigerians do not pay the market price for power

2. 40% of Nigerians , if not more, don't pay for power at all.

Run your business that way, and you would lose money well well

The above is why we do not have constant power supply. And why we have shitty power. And why we have blackouts.

Plus, with debt service rising again, government can't afford subsides for power.

But most of you don't want to hear the truth....so we will blame corruption, the Hausas, tinubu, gej, buhari, the army, etc etc.

Tomorrow we will cheer for the guy who chases nepa people from disconetctin him....a big part of the problem.


Modifed

I love the tears of rage of the people who throw tantrums at the above posts...yes all of you.

NO matter how angry you are...electricity costs money to generate and transmit.

Also, the cost of things do not respect your feelings, or mine.

Suck it up, buttercups.

Modifed 2

Google for 'Solving the Liquidity crunch in the power sector. It answers all your questions..

Macnnoli4:
I am optimistic that the tough competition PDP and LP gives Edo APC will make Okpebholo not to be slow in giving good governance which will indeed benefit the people either way even if the most qualified candidate didn't win.
It's just like tough competitions like:
Enugu PDP from APGA, LP, APC
Anambra APGA from PDP,LP, APC
Lagos APC from PDP and LP,
Abia LP from PDP, APC, APGA
Ogun state probably needs this kind of heavy competition presently

Yujin:
When we say Nigeria has no future, people still don't understand it. Has this Edo election not proved me right? The same people who collected N10,000 will still come out next week to cry about APC and bad economy.
As for those talking about revolution, forget about it. It is not possible in Nigeria. In case you can't see the big picture, let me show you. The fulani have successfully turned most parts of the north into almajiris using extreme poverty and illiteracy to perpetually keep majority down so they can always induce them during elections to get power. No one challenges them in most parts of the north. This is what Tinubu has been doing in the SW which has reflected in their society. Education has dropped in the SW while thuggery and poverty has increased. Wike is the person they want to use in the SS to extend the almajiri system and if care is not taken, they will succeed. Their greatest weapon is making the people poor and having poor education so they can be pliable. Pluck all the feathers of a chicken and toss seeds of corn to it. It will follow you even when it is still feeling the pains you inflicted on it. The same thing they're doing even on the police and army. Treat them poorly and yet they'll do their bidding. Typical of happy slaves who are easily gratified by crumbs.

I feel sorry for Edo people who tried their best to prevent the brood of vipers from entering Edo state government house. All hope isn't lost though. Keep hope alive and fight on.

Edo state treasury is gone. What about the insecurity APC promised them?

yarimo:
mind you, you are talking different thing now .

yarimo:
It's clear election can be free and fair to you, only if your candidate of choice is declared winner abi ? Nonsense

Rebelutionary:
In one breath you

1. "predicted APC will win by rigging"
In another you said
2. "If it is the wish of Edo voters then Nigeria is irredeemable"

You "predicted something" BUT your bile filled heart wants to counter your own "prediction" by gaslighting Edo voters who "fulfilled your prediction" by calling them and by extension Nigerians, irredeemable.

Wait, which kind yeye "prophet" abi seer is this?

How come you can't accept that your "prediction" could be the wish of the people of Edo? Why must it pander to your wish?

Now that your yeye prediction has manifested, shouldn't you just gloat and tell us you told us? Now you want to conscript us to some protest again!

christejames:
LP and PDP should learn from Wike and outwit him and APC in their dirty politics game

obonujoker:
Other countries are buying for 3000 per litre, and Nigeria is not the only hungry country in Africa

AmalaAtiEwedu:
You are an enemy of Nigeria for calling for protest when there are good economic policies in place to make Nigeria work. you are just impatient

HellVictorinho8:
U mischievously skipped where i mentioned ur desire 2 see mur dead bodies on d streets

HellVictorinho8:
U ARE WORSE THAN TINUBU


YEAH ,THE MAN HAS NOT MADE ME HAPPY BUT YOU ARE WORSE.


YOU WANT TO SEE MORE DEAD BODIES ON THE STREETS .


YOU DESERVE TO BE KIDNAPPED


FVCK D GOVERNMENT

FVCK YOU EVEN MORE

I RATHER VOTE P.DIDDY 4 PRESIDENT


CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT


I TAKE YOU AS I WISH TOO



NAIRALAND IS CURSED ALREADY

favor914:
Relentless Wailer I hail you, Ndi Eyepob for life.