#Endbadovernance movement declares nationwide protest over economic hardship

The #EndBadGovernance Movement has announced plans to hold massive protests across Nigeria on June 12, citing rising economic hardship under the current administration.

At a press conference held in Lagos on Thursday, one of the movement’s leaders, Comrade Hassan Soweto, stated that the protests are aimed at registering widespread discontent over government policies that have worsened living conditions for ordinary Nigerians.

According to Soweto, the removal of fuel subsidy and the unification of the naira exchange rate key reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration have triggered a wave of inflation and hardship, leaving many Nigerians struggling to meet basic needs.

“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.”

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“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.

He expressed concerns over the “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 urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Moshood Jimoh, to cooperate with the protesters.

(DailyTrust)