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Omobalo67:
BODE GEORGE WROTE

My thoughts on this Protest!

I'll hope to make it brief.

I remember that, while the EndSARS 2020 protest was being planned, the Northern Elders held a meeting and agreed on one common ground- 'the President is our son, we will not go against him or allow anyone to protest against him in the North'.

And so, it was like a joke, but no protest was allowed.

Check the record and prove me wrong?

Those who sponsored billboards and adverts in Abuja and the North, lost their funds.

A particular popular Musician who sponsored billboards in Lagos, Abuja and PH, lost everything he sponsored in Abuja. In fact, the owners of the billboards were sanctioned in Abuja.

The President was their son and they wouldn't allow any protests against him. Carry your protest to your side if you so wish.

It is 2024, and here we go again. We are asking the siting President to give us a report of 60 years' rot in 1 year.

And, the South, especially the South West where the President is from, must prove a point now.

Would you stand for your son or stand against him?
I think that, we would stand with our son too!

I think that the whole South should stand for their son also.

Has any President done better than him in 1 year of office, in the last forever?

Isn't the Nation too tender for any protests right now?

Has any protests ended well in the last... forever?

Have we had gains or losses from protests?

Isn't there a consistent record of hijacks of protests, from forever?

Would you invest in a Nation that is prone to protests that leads to anarchy and destruction of the land?

Who has accounted for the losses from the EndSARS?

I think that we have had a very sensitive economy in recent years.

We rolled from costly Boko Haram insurgency to global recession to National recession to COVID and to the effects of wars around the world.

This is the reason there is inflation all around the world. Yes, including the Countries you wanna japa to, init?

Have you noticed the number of Countries who have had the same economic effects?

In fact, for the kind of government in the UK, you must have noticed the number of Prime Ministers who have been changed in the last 14 years. There has been 6 since 2010. A particular one spent only 1 month as PM. It was all because of the economy, not war or sickness or incompetence, but economy.

That same inflation is biting the Citizens so hard in all these Nations. UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Ghana, SA, Egypt.... everywhere.

Meanwhile, Nigeria is having her 3rd President since 2011, staying his first year in office.

I would have expected Nigerian Citizens to have a more critical look at the economy by history rather than sentiments.

I would have expected Nigerian Politicians to stand for the good of Nigeria rather than prove the points of hatred from an election loss.

Atiku supports the protest fr Dubai, so does Peter Obi from 'not Anambra'.

Which one of you actually won the election if it was not Tinubu? And, would any of these 2 men have done better, knowing that they both supported the removal of subsidy on oil as does the sitting President? Which is the reason why we are here now.

Things could have been done better sha. That, I agree! But it is still manageable.

When HAMAS faced Israel, the whole Nation, and especially the Politicians, stood as one, with their President. He wasn't their fan, but their Nation needed them more than they needed to prove a point.

Where are those who will stand for Nigeria?

This Protest is, for me, a stand against the welfare and existence of Nigeria.

When I looked at the demands of the proposed protest, I saw the request for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. How does this relate to Protest against Bad Governance? Am I missing something here?

Are we being introduced to the Sponsors of the protest?

How many Nigerians have visited the South East in recent times? I have!

Do we have our eyes opened? We should!

I still recall his voice from those voice notes on the instruction to burn Lagos during EndSARS Protest, and places were burnt as he instructed.

So, the validation of burning Lagos and Nigeria will end bad governance?

The jail breaks, the beheading of Police Officers, the burning of LAMATA Buses, the burning of Police Stations and countless more, will end bad governance?

This brings me to the issue of patriotism.

I think that some Nigerians are fond of hiding the good things of Nigeria and putting the bad foot forward. We spread our dirty linens on the world stage forgetting that all other Nations have dirts too!

There's nothing bad in Nigeria that is not in every single developed, developing or underdeveloped Nation.

The world scores Nigeria low or badly, because Nigerians tell the world that Nigeria should be so scored!

Do you know that there are Nations who refuse to give any information about themselves to the world for anyone to score their economy or people? It's like claiming the 5th amendment.

I wonder if a Nigerian expects to be seen differently from how they describe their own Country? (Keep reading these words until you've read it!)

We don't need any protests.
We don't need to gamble with anarchy that usually starts with a 'peaceful protest'.
I am aware of how tough things have been, but a further toughness will not make things easier.

I support dialogue.
Some of us will not be going anywhere!
So, please leave our bed place for us and we will keep working things out.

The grass is not greener anywhere else. If it is, go there!

I pleade with Nigerians not to use the sitting President as scapegoat for all the bad governments of the past.

There was Abacha, there was Babangida, there was Jonathan, there was Buhari, there was Obasanjo, there was AbdulSallam, they are all faulty in some.

Why would anyone want to distract or punish Tinubu?

May Nigeria succeed!!!!

Dr. Bode 'Gbore, wrote this from Abuja on July 26th, 2024 at 0630hours.

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

Didi2d:
Come to think of it lots of people including me supported and believed so much in tinubu to turn the country around for good.

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

drkrest:
Unlike the Kenyan protest which was triggered by proposed taxation, what is the sole goal protesters aim to achieve with the scheduled nationwide protests. I am 100 percent in support of the protest only if there is a specific objective the protesters aim to achieve. It is obvious that these protests will likely be driven by diverse motives ranging from ethnopolitical to socio-economic issues. If this is about putting an end to governance, reducing oil pump price to NGN 100, restructure the country and all, it is definitely going to evolve in sustained violence, potentially disrupting the fragile economic landscape of the country. From my experience, most Nigerians are emotional rather than logical when it comes to issues like this.

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

TopNotchTrends:
VDM, Verydarkblackman has staged his own protest in Abuja. Remember that VDM has been a focal voice, liberating the oppressed and speaking about the ills of the nation irrespective of who is involved.

He has now staged his own protest before the official protest which will be held on August 1 2024. Appearing shirtless and holding a placard which reads "emi lo kan, is it your turn to suffer us...", he voices in displeasure in the current Government without uttering a word.

His message is sure passed.

Watch the clip.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCrzN2e6VIo?si=GQEZcUL3ow0sYIHg

Felaincarnated:
Ur mumu neva do? Is d economy of d country a joke to u?Wat oda objective u dey find?

foleskay:

This protest is gaining momentum. I don buy German used canvas, and tear gas repellant. O ma madt gan. Was there in 2012,was there in 2020, gonna be there again this time around.

Ojuboro o se gbomon lowo ekuro. It's not easy to bring out kernel from palm kernel. Tinubu go choke. I never chop beans since March. My favorite food. Gbogbo yin e ni kuure

Melagros:
COMRADES, VDM will be tagged an IPOB by these miscreants disturbing us on Nairaland

Where is wike who was threatening protesters in Abuja? I have said this before that when the time has come nobody can stop us, is a moving train. Some of these Yoruba guys because of sentiment are the ones holding this country ransom

We must work together for the good of Nigeria

alsudan:
Well done VDM.

Sometimes I wonder if na the WEST the remote control the thief to suffer Nigerians because of all him tape when them get.

Even Buhari as dull as he was, rejected all their policies, because they had nothing on him.

Then enter Thiefnibuu the drug baron who file de with FBI. Of course na wetin them tell am he go do.

drkrest:
I anticipated a preposterous response from you. If you struggled to decipher my initial message, isn't it obvious that you cannot organize a reasonable protest. When NLC threatened to strike, they highlighted their demands, which were the approval of a new national minimum wage and reintroduction of electricity subsidy. My point is, it makes sense to predicate any scheduled nationwide protests on a clear objective.

foleskay:

This protest is gaining momentum. I don buy German used canvas, and tear gas repellant. O ma madt gan. Was there in 2012,was there in 2020, gonna be there again this time around.

Ojuboro o se gbomon lowo ekuro. It's not easy to bring out kernel from palm kernel. Tinubu go choke. I never chop beans since March. My favorite food. Gbogbo yin e ni kuure

Gossiphub:
Clown.
Tinubu should use that same coconut head of his to solve NIGERIAs problems oo.

Politics no dey tire una? Eh clown?

The way you guys attribute so much to that oldie muses me. Walahi😂

Gossiphub:
Clown.
Tinubu should use that same coconut head of his to solve NIGERIAs problems oo.

Politics no dey tire una? Eh clown?

The way you guys attribute so much to that oldie muses me. Walahi😂

agulion:
We Yoruba Muslims are very comfortable with Tinubus gvt, everything is ok in the country, all this ipob and Aboki ranting will not work

SalamRushdie:
This VDM works for the Tinubu govt , this action is called planting, they are trying to use him to be the face of the protest mad once they succeed they will control the tone of the protest

TheGift:
The problem with this unnecessarily long post is that it failed to do two things:

Acknowledge the role of Tinubu's suddenly implemented policy in throwing Nigeria into a needless crisis, from His very first day in office.

Tell us exactly which policy we should be patient with Tinubu about. (The hasty fuel subsidy removal that is still being paid through the back door? or the hasty floating of the naira in a country that has borrowed against its future oil reserves which is its main source of foreign
exchange?

Which particular policy, exactly ? I am waiting

P.S. As you are pointing out countries that are doing badly, also point out countries with leaders that are not as incompetent and clueless as many of ours.

JaySmart4422:
I will join this protest if anyone can give me this answers

1 why is North ready to protest now or why are their youths interested in joining the protest why now?

2 Buhari rule for 8 years many could not survive the hardship ,some committed suicide , some lost their lives ,some left the country
No body from the north call for protest?

3 bandit are doing wonders in the north ,insecurity everywhere during Buhari yet no call for protest from north why now ?

4 cashless policy during Buhari rendered many poorer during Buhari yet no protest why now ?

Before joining any protest ask questions

Same kind of protest they did to Jonathan is what they want to do again
Today many are regreting

Sapasenator:
There is a date nau. August 1