The #Endbadgovernance Movement has announced plan to stage nationwide protests on June 12.
One of the leaders of the movement, Comrade Hassan Soweto, made the announcement at a press conference on Thursday in Lagos.
According to him, the protest is aimed at expressing dissatisfaction with the current administration over its economic reforms, which have triggered hardship.
Soweto emphasized that the removal of subsidy and unification of naira have adversely affected the economy, pushing many citizens into hardship.
“Another result of Tinubu’s two-year presidency is the asphyxiation of the national economy due to the adverse effect of the removal of oil subsidy and Naira devaluation.
“Without equivocation, we have to say that the past two years of President Tinubu’s government has been nothing short of a disaster for the mass of Nigerian people. The anti-poor and neo-liberal reforms of the regime have led to destruction of livelihoods and the economy on a scale previously unimagined,” he said.
Soweto expressed worries over what he called abuse of democracy, describing the Tinubu-led government as dictatorship.
“We have to say that Nigerians are living more or less like enslaved citizens. All the constitutionally-guaranteed rights and freedoms that in the past inspired struggles against military rule and for democracy have now been completely taken away by the Tinubu administration. The civic space has shrunk to the point that Nigerians can no longer breathe,” he said.
He also called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, to cooperate with the protesters.
