Nationwide protest: No bad Government in Nigeria – Presidency

Ahead of tomorrow, August 1 date for the nationwide protest, tagged, #EndBadGovernance the Federal Government on Tuesday faulted the slogan of the planned protest.

Federal Government maintained that there is no bad gover­nance in Nigeria at the moment. It stated that what Nigeria has is a thinking Government.

This was contained in a lecture delivered at the Lateef Jakande Annual Memorial Lecture, 2024, by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the President, Tunde Rahman.

Speaking on the theme, ‘Rapidly Changing Media Land­scape: Media Survival Strate­gies’, Rahman stated that the faceless protesters do not have hope. He, therefore, warned youths against going to the streets to protest.

While urging the intend­ing protesters to show under­standing, Rahman noted that Nigeria’s economic challenges are not peculiar but global issues.

“Our people have a right to protest, and it is their right to do so. But we don’t know who the people behind this pro­test are. They are faceless, they have no hope.

“I’m calling a lot of us to not go on the street. We have to be mindful of the real motive of people who are calling us to join in the protest.

“Yes, challenges are there. Our economy is in turmoil. And this is not peculiar to Nigeria. Most of the world’s economies are in turmoil at the moment.

“The President is doing his best to address this problem. They’ve tagged the protest end to bad governance. I do not think we have bad governance at the moment. We have a thinking Government. Some problems need to be addressed and some of the solutions that have been applied will resolve the problem sooner than later.

“I want to appeal to our col­leagues to show understanding. To show restraint, to be prudent, and to wear the toga of emi­nence, statesmen and women at this time.

“To know that some of the policies that have been ad­dressed have their gestational period. Let’s give these policies time to mature. I talked about restraint because I’ve seen head­lines like hunger protests and hardship protests. Let us show understanding,” Rahman pleaded.

source: Leadership

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