After withdrawing from the
nationwide protest against the Buhari led federal government’s failure to fix
the challenges of the nation which it had hitherto promised to do during the
electioneering campaign which made Nigerians to believe he was the sent
‘Messiah’, the people of Akwa Ibom State finally join the historic protest on
Monday afternoon.
Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt
were some of the hot cities where the protest took place.
According to report, the Uyo
protest was cancelled by Concerned Citizens who initiated the event with
Tuface.
However, later in the day, at
about 1.15pm a different group of Nigerians in the state, mobilised some
persons to come out for the protest in order not to leave the state behind in
the protest against the hardship being inflicted on Nigerians by the present
administration.
The Uyo protest was led by a
young lawyer named Toyo Jimmy under the auspices of One Voice Nigeria, in the
state.
Speaking to pressmen, Jimmy
stated that “Nigerians are suffering, and there are no clear-cut policies and
programmes from the government to address the problems in this country. Instead,
things are getting worse.”
“We are sending a clear message
to the federal government that the Nigerian youth are hungry. We need a change
that this government promised us,”
One of the protesters named
Endiong John said that “I am sponsored by hunger. I am sponsored by the pains I
go through every day.”
Another protester, Jonathan
Akpan, told PREMIUM TIMES that he graduated two years ago from the department
of Educational Technology, University of Calabar, and that he was tired of
going around dropping applications in several places without getting any
response.
“I have a strong feeling that
this protest could bring about something good,” Mr. Akpan said.
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