Adibe Emenyonu in Benin -Metropolis
Business actions had been grounded to a halt in Benin-Metropolis, the Edo State capital Monday, following a protest by the Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), calling on President Bola Tinubu to handle the financial hardship in Nigeria or resign.
The group, which took their protest march from the Ring Street all the way down to the Akpakpava Street and different busy roads within the capital metropolis centre, brandished placards with varied inscriptions like ‘Nigerians are ravenous to loss of life’, ‘Tinubu, finish starvation and struggling in Nigeria’, ‘FG finish the starvation in Nigeria now’, ‘Tinubu, let Nigerians breathe,’ amongst others.
The group had earlier given President Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima 14 days ultimatum to stop energy or repair the Nigerian economic system.
The group made the decision in a communiqué signed by its Interim Chairman, Leftist Austine Enabulele, and made obtainable to newsmen in Benin.
Addressing newsmen through the protest, Enabulele stated the 14-day ultimatum given to President Tinubu to repair the Nigerian economic system had since elapsed and nothing had been completed to handle the starvation within the nation.
“When you keep in mind on the ten of February, we did maintain a press briefing and gave the Federal Authorities two weeks to repair the issues of Nigeria, to repair the struggling and starvation in Nigeria.
“That two weeks have lengthy expired and nothing has been completed. So now we have come out right this moment to inform President Bola Tinubu to repair the starvation and struggling in Nigeria, that sufficient is sufficient.
“We can not take the pains anymore. Sufficient of the starvation, sufficient of the hardship, sufficient of unhealthy governance in Nigeria.
“If he can’t repair the issues of Nigeria, he ought to resign rapidly with Vice-President Shettima and allow us to conduct a recent election as a result of Nigerians are dying on a regular basis. Kids at the moment are turning into orphans as a result of their fathers are dying due to the hardship in Nigeria.
“We’re saying sufficient is sufficient. If he can’t repair the issues of Nigeria, he ought to resign and go,” Enabulele stated.
He additionally decried the dollarization of the Nigerian economic system, saying that Nigerians ought to use their forex which is naira.
“President Tinubu ought to give worth to our naira as a result of Nigerians don’t use {dollars}.
“We cannot be residing our lives in {dollars}. You wish to purchase one thing available in the market they may inform you that {dollars} have elevated; you wish to purchase frequent pumpkin leaves, they may say {dollars} have elevated.
“We’re utilizing naira and so they should give worth to our naira. If he can’t repair the issues, he ought to resign,” Enabulele insisted.
