Youths, Women Embark On Peaceful Protest Over social Injustices In Nigeria

By; AUSTIN AJAYI, Yola

Hundreds of youths and women, under the auspices of Motion for the Transformation of Nigeria (Motion), have embarked on a peaceful demonstration to protest against social injustice, hardship, and hunger bedeviling Nigerians in Nigeria.

Comrade Musa Andrew, coordinator of the movement who led the peaceful protest at the famous Unity Flyover, Yola, expressed dissatisfaction with the way most of Nigerians particularly youths and women are finding it hard to maintain three square meals in their homes.

Andrew noted that the hardship being faced is as a result of bad governance which he said, should be addressed now before the situation gets out of control.

He called on the government to take immediate action to address this ugly trend.

Andrew, added that, “no protest or demonstration can change the ugly situation in the country; rather, the governments at the federal, state, and local government levels should take results-oriented measures to maintain peace and tranquility in our societies”.

According to him, “corruption and mal-administration are some of the social vices affecting us as a people”.

Citing the challenge militating the retired police officers, who he stated are going home with their 40% pension, with the 60% allegedly being embezzled.

“All we are saying is that, the 139 million Nigerians are hungry and must be taken care of by the government because many of them are going to bed with empty stomachs, while our children are going to school with empty stomachs, which is not supposed to be.

“As a matter of fact, the elderly people in positions of authority should give chance to the youth because they have been in the leadership circle since their twenties and need to rest so that the youth can take control to also contribute their quota in nation building,” he said.

Also speaking, a member of the movement, Mrs Biyaya Clement, insisted that the citizens are hungry, more especially the mothers who take care of the children.

Mrs Clement advised the governments to do the needful in providing innovative approaches in addressing these challenges facing us as a people, noting that their children are no longer concentrating on their studies as a result of hunger and starvation.

Most of the participants of the protest urged the governments to take serious steps in addressing insecurity in the North East, North North and the country at large.

Our correspondent in Yola reports that as early as eight o’clock in the morning on Saturday, the youths and women in their numbers assembled at the Unity Flyover in Jimeta-Yola, capital of Adamawa State, holding empty cooking pots and eating plates, staged a peaceful demonstration against social injustice.