Hunger protesters list 15 demands, including release of EndSars detainees, removal of corrupt INEC officials
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Organisers of the “Days of Rage”, “EndBadGovernance” protest planned to begin on August 1 have listed 15 demands from the Bola Tinubu administration, calling his bluff that thugs may be unleashed to hijack the march and cause violence against a peaceful procession to draw attention to his misallocation of resources.
Youths are claiming their constitutional rights to insist on the protest in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, regardless of new “empty” promises dangled by Tinubu and his threat of thuggery, as usual, to squash legitimate venting of frustration to an insincere and insensitive government that uses propaganda and lies to oppress and gaslight citizens.
One of the organisers of the protest, Omoyele Sowore of the African Action Congress (AAC), produced the list of demands on Wednesday, saying the intention is to draw the attention of the government to the economic hardship the country.
The demands include
- Restoration of fuel subsidy.
- Tackle unstable power supply.
- Release Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).
- Allow diaspora Nigerians to vote in elections.
Sowore reiterated citizens are asking the federal government to “Scrap the 1999 Constitution and replace it with a people-made Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria through a sovereign National Conference followed by a National Referendum.
“Toss the Senate arm of the Nigerian legislative system. Keep the House of Representatives and make lawmaking a part-time endeavour.
“Pay Nigerian workers a minimum wage of nothing less than N250,000 monthly.
“Invest heavily in education and give Nigerian students grants not loans. Aggressively pursue free and compulsory education for children across Nigeria.
“Release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally and demilitarise the South East. All ENDSARS and political detainees must also be released and compensated.
“Rationalise public owned enterprises sold to government officials and cronies.
“Reinstate a corruption-free subsidy regime to reduce hunger, starvation and multidimensional poverty.
“Probe past and present Nigerian leaders, who have looted the treasury, recover their loot and deposit it in a special account to fund education, healthcare and infrastructure.
“Restructure Nigeria to accommodate Nigeria’s diversity, resource control, decentralisation and regional development.
“End banditry, terrorism and violent crimes. Reform security agencies to stop continuous human rights violations.
“Establishment of a special energy immediately to drive massive corruption-free power sector development.
“Immediate reconstitution of the electoral body, INEC to remove corrupt individuals and partisan hacks appointed to manipulate elections.
“Massive investment in public works and industrialization [to] help employ Nigeria’s teaming youths.
“Massive shake-ups in the Nigerian judiciary to remove cabals of corrupt generations of judges and judicial officers that continue denying citizens access to real justice.
“Diaspora voting.”
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