Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has pleaded with the Federal Government to pay attention to the demands of the protest organizers in advance of the country's scheduled statewide demonstration on August 1, 2024.
An activist for human rights named Falana also advised the FG against threatening the demonstrators because doing so would make things worse.
During her appearance on Politics Channels Television on Tuesday, Falana asked, "How do you find out who is making claims, who is organizing the demonstration, and then have a constructive
''But threats are ineffective. Actually, there are times when the government's desperation helps make these protests more common.
He added that state governors had to meet with citizens and inform them of their initiatives to lessen the suffering that the nation is currently experiencing.
"Well, this time around, the government should try to identify the movement's leaders and then engage them, and then the questions be raised," the attorney said. There are requests out there, and the government ought to respond to them.
He added that state governors had to meet with citizens and inform them of their initiatives to lessen the suffering that the nation is currently experiencing.
"Well, this time around, the government should try to identify the movement's leaders and then engage them, and then the questions be raised," the attorney said. There are requests out there, and the government ought to respond to them.
There is still a long way to go until August 1st, and I know the government will address the country then. Governors must take the time to publicly inform the public about their efforts to alleviate the nation's unabated hardships.
Social media has been seeing an increase in the number of people calling for a national hunger strike within the past week.
Speaking on the subject on Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu urged Nigerians who intend to hold nationwide hunger protests to abandon their plans through Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. He also urged people to give his administration enough time to address their concerns.
Social media has been seeing an increase in the number of people calling for a national hunger strike within the past week.
Speaking on the subject on Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu urged Nigerians who intend to hold nationwide hunger protests to abandon their plans through Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. He also urged people to give his administration enough time to address their concerns.
Regarding the planned protest, the President believes it is unnecessary. Following a private meeting with the president, Idris stated, "He asked them to shelve that plan and he has asked them to await the government's response to all their pleas."
Nonetheless, there have been requests for the FG to permit worried Nigerians to carry out the scheduled protest from several directions.
Nonetheless, there have been requests for the FG to permit worried Nigerians to carry out the scheduled protest from several directions.
It is evident that Nigerians, including supporters of Tinubu and the ruling APC, are engulfed in the hunger, rage, and hopelessness brought about by the incompetence and cluelessness of this government, chasing shadows and manipulating alleged persons behind the planned protests is a pointless endeavor, former vice president and prominent opposition figure Atiku Abubakar said in a tweet on Tuesday using his X handle, #atiku.
Amnesty International bolstered the right of citizens to participate in the hunger strike on Tuesday, stating that it is illegal to threaten peaceful protestors. The freedom of assembly, which is protected by both international law and Nigeria's 1999 Constitution, is obviously being attacked.
Amnesty International bolstered the right of citizens to participate in the hunger strike on Tuesday, stating that it is illegal to threaten peaceful protestors. The freedom of assembly, which is protected by both international law and Nigeria's 1999 Constitution, is obviously being attacked.
It is unacceptable to deprive Nigerians of their globally and constitutionally given right to peaceful protest by using deceptive tactics like implied threats of violence.
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