Some Northern elite, together with Dr. Umar Ardo, Hajiya Naja’atu Mohammed, Dr. Salihu Lukman, and Prof. Usman Yusuf, have backed the organisers of the nationwide protest over hardship within the nation scheduled to kick off at present.
This was contained in a collectively signed assertion by the quartet, during which they expressed optimism that the protest would result in political and structural modifications within the North and Nigeria at massive.
The assertion reads partly: “As you might be conscious, our nation has lengthy been dealing with unprecedented challenges of insecurity, excruciating poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, ailments, and a excessive value of dwelling, all on account of unhealthy governance and corruption in public workplaces.”
They stated they affirmed the constitutionally protected proper of all residents to assemble and protest and likewise acknowledged that the trigger for protest in opposition to the system was legitimate and justifiable; therefore, they stood by the youths of their resolve to train their proper to protest.
They urged the federal authorities to be pragmatic in its strategy to the decision of the disaster if it hoped to amicably resolve and mitigate the dangers related to mass protests and may take some instant steps, which included dialogue, by figuring out and straight participating with the youth leaders and protesters to know and tackle their grievances.
They stated that outsourcing this duty to others, akin to conventional, non secular, labour and civil society leaders, was not going to work.
Additionally they stated that as elders, whereas they stood shoulder to shoulder with the youths on this, they urged the protesters to stay peaceable and law-abiding in the course of the protest, avoiding actions that could be misconstrued as violent, dangerous, harmful, offensive, or threatening public peace.
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